emmar85
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We had an HCC instructor do a presentation at our office and he said that pulmonary hypertension is considered a type of heart failure. Does anyone else agree with that?
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No, it has to do with hypertension in the lungs *where the blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs are extremely high*. This in turn makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood through the lungs which can lead to right-sided heart failure, but it itself is NOT heart failure. S/S can be: SOB, edema in extremities, low O2 sat and chest discomfort.
I hope this helps
I hope this helps
I feel like ICD-10-CM guidance is pretty clear on what's considered heart failure.
If you look at the criteria to use assign a combo code "with heart failure", they all pretty consistently indicate that heart failure is I50-I50.9:
If you look at the criteria to use assign a combo code "with heart failure", they all pretty consistently indicate that heart failure is I50-I50.9:
emmar85
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Thank you so much!No, it has to do with hypertension in the lungs *where the blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs are extremely high*. This in turn makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood through the lungs which can lead to right-sided heart failure, but it itself is NOT heart failure. S/S can be: SOB, edema in extremities, low O2 sat and chest discomfort.
I hope this helps