cmedina969800
Networker
Hey fellow coders!
We recently had a visit from a document trainer/coder from Optum, and she mentioned that if a patient has DM w/ HTN should be coded as E11.59 and I10. It sounds like the reason for this was to fully capture our HCC/Risk coding.
Is everyone doing this?
What are your thoughts?
We recently had a visit from a document trainer/coder from Optum, and she mentioned that if a patient has DM w/ HTN should be coded as E11.59 and I10. It sounds like the reason for this was to fully capture our HCC/Risk coding.
Is everyone doing this?
What are your thoughts?