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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
*Hypertensive heart disease refers to heart conditions caused by high blood pressure. The heart working under increased pressure causes some different heart disorders. Hypertensive heart disease includes heart failure, thickening of the heart muscle, coronary artery disease, and other conditions.
*Hypertensive heart disease refers to heart conditions caused by high blood pressure. The heart working under increased pressure causes some different heart disorders. Hypertensive heart disease includes heart failure, thickening of the heart muscle, coronary artery disease, and other conditions.
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*Note that ''by definition'', hypertensive heart disease IS a '''specific''' kind/cause of cardiomyopathy.
* I have been reading a few charts where patient has a comorbid of "hypertensive heart disease" but no mention of cardiomyopathy or heart failure. Is this code appropriate for that comorbid or does the patient have to have cardiomyopathy? [[User:Malcudia|Malcudia]] 09:24, 2019 June 6 (CDT)
*AG REPLY:  They are synonyms.  Hypertensive heart disease IS a kind of cardiomyopathy.}}


== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
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