JulesofColorado
Expert
Should a diagnosis of borderline hypertension be coded as 401.9? Or should it be coded at all?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
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- Thread starter JulesofColorado
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No you would not use 401.9, can you find out from the provider what the symptoms are, is the BP just elevated. Then you could go from there.
Just my opinion.
JulesofColorado
Expert
It's in the History of an ER report.
mitchellde
True Blue
The I would not code it unless the physician can make a statement of HTN, if they mention elevated BP then use the code for that, otherwise I would not code it at all.
JulesofColorado
Expert
No mention of elevated bp, so I won't code it then.
Thank you!
Thank you!