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Dial In Hypertension Coding With Answers to These FAQs

Published on Mon Dec 04, 2023

Hint: Rely on combination category I13- for hypertensive heart and CKD. According to the ICD-10-CM Official Rules for Coding and Reporting, there are 12 types of hypertension — not to mention all of the specific, individual hypertension codes in the ICD-10-CM manual. Parsing through so many codes for one condition can be tricky. Check out answers to these five frequently [...]
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