Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert
READER QUESTIONS :
Don't Assume With Hypertension
Published on Thu Jun 25, 2009 
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Question: When a hypertension diagnosis does not specify benign or malignant, should we list it as unspecified (401.9) or default to the benign code? -- Nebraska Subscriber Answer: Although most hypertension is benign, the official coding guidelines instruct you to list fourth digit "9" for unspecified if the physician does not specify benign or malignant hypertension.
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