Hypertension & ICD-10

by  Raquel Shumway
Oct 7th, 2019

Changes came in coding Hypertensive Diseases when ICD-10 was adopted. The American Academy of Family Physicians magazine published an article "How to Document and Code for Hypertensive Diseases in ICD-10," which covers some of those changes.

The following topics with examples are included:

• Essential (primary) hypertension
• Hypertension & hypertensive heart disease
• Hypertension & chronic kidney disease
• Hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, and chronic kidney disease
• Tobacco use or exposure in individuals with hypertensive diseases
• Coding for secondary hypertension

Please Click here to go to the article for more information.