chesmith
Contributor
My question is as follows:
If you have a patient with Hypertensive Retinopathy and you are using coding book 2017 ICD-10, do you code this with JUST "H35.03" as a combo code or do you code both "H35.03" and "I10"?
Under H35.0 is states "Code also any associated hypertension (I10.-)
There is some discrepancy among coders if we are suppose to be coding only 1 code or both codes.
Thank you in advance
Chesmith
If you have a patient with Hypertensive Retinopathy and you are using coding book 2017 ICD-10, do you code this with JUST "H35.03" as a combo code or do you code both "H35.03" and "I10"?
Under H35.0 is states "Code also any associated hypertension (I10.-)
There is some discrepancy among coders if we are suppose to be coding only 1 code or both codes.
Thank you in advance
Chesmith