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I do the billing for a gastroenterologist. During a recent office visit, the doctor mentioned in his dictation that the patient has hypertension, so I included the diagnosis code of I10 on her claim. Would you guys have also included G8752 or
G8754? He didn't specify anything about her current blood pressure being elevated during the visit, just that she has hypertension.
 
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Papitha said:
We should query the gastroenterologist to document the BP measure during the visit to determine the appropriate MIPS. We should not assume without measurements. "G8756 - No documentation of blood pressure measurement, reason not given" would be the appropriate HCPCS for the above case.

Reference link - https://qpp.cms.gov/docs/QPP_qualit...Registry-Measures/2017_Measure_236_Claims.pdf
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The blood pressure was taken by the person who roomed her. Since it's populated into her office visit (without him documenting anything himself), the G codes should still be used?
 
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ngastroent said:
The blood pressure was taken by the person who roomed her. Since it's populated into her office visit (without him documenting anything himself), the G codes should still be used?
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yes, we can use the G codes if the BP measurements are documented, regardless of it is documented by the gastroenterologist or others. In this case, the hypertenstion is documented by the gastroenterologist, which insists that he has referered the documented BP readings. Hope this helps!
 
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Papitha said:
yes, we can use the G codes if the BP measurements are documented, regardless of it is documented by the gastroenterologist or others. In this case, the hypertenstion is documented by the gastroenterologist, which insists that he has referered the documented BP readings. Hope this helps!
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Thank you!
 
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