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Wiki hypertension with atrial flutter - icd please

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should I code it as

427.32
401.9

or should it be coded as
427.32
402.90

Please advise
 
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
 
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.
 
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