Wiki hypertension with atrial flutter - icd please

[millortsui]

should I code it as

427.32
401.9

or should it be coded as
427.32
402.90

Please advise

 

[jewlz0879]

Well unless the physician states a causal relationship for 402.90, I would go with 401.9 (as long as not documented as benign or malignant).

See ICD-9 pg. 12 (I have the Optum-Ingenix book)

HTH

 

[millortsui]

Therefore, when physician just stated hypertension with atrial flutter did not qualify for the casual relationship as word "due to" or "associates to" not use.