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Wiki Code for levated BP no longer present.
Code for elevated BP no longer present. Our provider saw a patient with elevated blood pressure without diagnosis of hypertension. At the follow-up visit the patient's BP was back to normal. What diagnosis code is used for the follow-up? I can't find any personal history codes related to...- maryek28@outlook.com
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- blood pressure elevated followup history icd-10
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- Forum: ICD-10
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Wiki OB pt w/ elevated BP
how do you code a patient how came in with elevated BP but the doctor is not calling it gestational hypertension yet. she sent the patient home to do a 24 hour urine test. should I just append the R03.0 elevated BP?- Jamiemrph485
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- elevated home patient r03.0 urine
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- Forum: OB/GYN
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Wiki Elevated INR for patient NOT on anti-coagulation therapy
How would you code elevated INR for a patient not on anti-coagulants? I've indexed "abnormal" and "elevated" both and can't come up with anything that I am happy with. R79.1 (abnormal coagulation profile) is about as close as I've come...but, there is no mention of the INR in the tabular notes...- aimeeread
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- abnormal close elevated inr patient
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- Forum: Diagnosis Coding