Wiki Diabetes

[dvawter]

Pt has diabetes and hypertension. They are not linked in any way, shape or form in the documentation, just 2 separately listed diagnoses. How would you code? Would you code diabetes with circulatory complication or would you code just E11.9 and I10?
Thanks,

 

[bcrunk]

If not specifically linked, I would code them E11.9 and I10.

 

[wisibyusha]

Code them separate

 

[dvawter]

Thank you!