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The second to the last paragraph on page 19 in Coding Edge 8/2012 states,"Remind your providers that CODERS MAY NEVER ASSUME".
I would agree with that statement, but, in the ICD9 coding guidelines for "Hypertensive Heart and Chronic Kidney Disease", it states:
"Assign codes from combination category 404, Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease, when both are stated in the diagnosis. Assume a relationship between the hypertension and chronic kidney disease, whether or not the condition is so designated...."
Also, under Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease, the guideline states:
"Unlike hypertension with heart disease, ICD9CM presumes a casual cause-and-effect relationship and classifies chronic kidney disease(CKD) with hypertension as hypertensive chronic kidney disease."
So would I be correct to assume or presume in this category?
I would agree with that statement, but, in the ICD9 coding guidelines for "Hypertensive Heart and Chronic Kidney Disease", it states:
"Assign codes from combination category 404, Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease, when both are stated in the diagnosis. Assume a relationship between the hypertension and chronic kidney disease, whether or not the condition is so designated...."
Also, under Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease, the guideline states:
"Unlike hypertension with heart disease, ICD9CM presumes a casual cause-and-effect relationship and classifies chronic kidney disease(CKD) with hypertension as hypertensive chronic kidney disease."
So would I be correct to assume or presume in this category?