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Check Your Answers to Our Hypertension Coding Quiz

Published on Thu Feb 18, 2021

How well do you know the I10-I16 codes and guidelines? Once you’ve answered the quiz questions on page 3, compare your answers with the ones provided below: Answer 1: In this scenario, you cannot code for hypertension. That’s because “you can only code for hypertension when the physician specifically diagnoses it,” says Marcella Bucknam, CPC, CCS-P, COC, CCS, CPC-P, CPC-I, [...]
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