Wiki Hypertension and AKI Acute kidney injury

[ykenn118@yahoo.com]

If a person has Dx of AKI and they also have hypertension, Is there still the relationship in the new guidelines between the two. Report does not mention CKD.

 

[cathya35]

No

No, the relationship is only assumed between HTN and CKD. See Section I.C.9.a.3 of ICD-10-CM guidelines.