tci E/M Coding Alert - 2015 Issue 1

ICD-10: Preview Hypertension Coding to Hit the Ground Running

The organ-related categories with ICD-10 should look familiar. There’s less than a year before ICD-10 goes into effect and now’s the time to get to know the codes for diagnoses you commonly see and how they’ll change in 2015. If your providers treat patients with high blood pressure, you can breathe a sigh of relief that the coding of hypertensive heart disease in ICD-10 is very similar to ICD-9.  Good news: You’ll no longer need to declare whether the diagnosis is malignant, benign, or unspecified. Get the lowdown on the ICD-10 updates so you&rsquo...

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