Poorly Controlled Cardiovascular Risk Factors and ICD-9-CM Codes
TO THE EDITOR:
The article by Rodondi and colleagues (1) on therapy modification in response to poorly controlled cardiovascular risk factors ignores the reality that the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) classifies patients with “poorly controlled” cardiovascular risk factors as “well controlled.” Accordingly, physicians …
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