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lunatika

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on: Jun 27, 2018
If a patient is being treated with hypertension medications and the physician states that her blood pressure is well controlled, a code for benign hypertension should be assigned.
 
 Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

ICD-10 official coding guidelines are exactly the same for inpatient and outpatient settings.
 
 Indicate whether the statement is true or false


srodz

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

False

Answer to Question 2

False


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