sammie06
Networker
If the provider documents as follows:
HBP Stable
CKD Stage III by labs would you code
585.3
403.90
or
585.3
401.9
Thanks
HBP Stable
CKD Stage III by labs would you code
585.3
403.90
or
585.3
401.9
Thanks
Acording to ICD-9 conventions you the coder always combine htn and ckd so it would be the 403.9x followed by the 585.x