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Wiki HTN ESRD diagnosis

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Hi Everyone

I always confused with DM and HTN with ESRD patients. Doctor writes HTN, Insomnia, Multiple myeloma and ESRD. Can I link HTN and ESRD and code 403.91

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As per ICD-9 coding guidelines 3) Hypertensive chronic kidney disease

"Assign codes from cat. 403 when conditions classified to cat. 585-587 are present.."

"...ICD-9 presumes cause-and-effect relationship and classifies chronic kidney disease (CKD) with hypertention as hypertensive chronic kidney disease."

HTN & ESRD are a presumed cause-and-effect relationship

Hope this helps,
 
Thank you Danny and Anthony.Information was very helpful . Yes I coded 403 and 585 codes (both)

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