Arunbiot97
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A 52 Year patient came to ED complaint of increasing blood pressure & dizziness. The patient is having the history of CKD who is under treatment. Nursing vital BP has 196/102. MD ordered the EKG, Chest X-ray & Blood work up. MD ordered to administrated IV HYDRALAZINE. After lab results MD diagnosed Hypertensive Emergency & CKD stage IV?
Kindly confirm whether I code I16.1,N18.4 alone OR I use HTN(I10-I15) codes along with these codes according to 2017 updates. I don't know it is Mandatory to code (I10-I15) along with I16 series code when documentation have only Increasing blood pressure and do not have hypertension
Kindly confirm whether I code I16.1,N18.4 alone OR I use HTN(I10-I15) codes along with these codes according to 2017 updates. I don't know it is Mandatory to code (I10-I15) along with I16 series code when documentation have only Increasing blood pressure and do not have hypertension