HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2017 Issue 38 (September)

Q&A: Documentation needed for CHF not due to hypertension

September 19th, 2017

Q: When it comes to conditions not related to hypertension, is it sufficient to attribute the diagnosis to another etiology or does the provider need to specifically document that the congestive heart failure (CHF) is not due to hypertension?

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