My coder came to me saying that the doctor is not using hypertensive urgency for a patient who walked in with 190 mm Hg blood pressure.
Our doctor just dictated it as hypertension, severe (I10).
Is there a standard range limit wherein it can just be hypertension (severe) vs hypertensive urgency?
Coder means well, goes by the book but sometimes gets a bit too enthusiastic about being the coding police.
Thanks!