Coding How-To: Unlock Case Mix Points for Heart Failure due to HTN

Your key: Look for the link before listing 402.x.When a patient has both hypertension and heart disease, knowing whether the HTN caused the heart condition is crucial to proper coding. Making this key distinction can have a positive impact on your agency's reimbursement.If the physician says the heart failure is due to HTN, or calls the condition hypertensive heart disease [...]