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>I couldn't find a code in the Read 5 set for white-coat hypertension
>(or indeed for tweed jacket hypertension, hairy sock and sandal
>hypertension or blue dress with a silver buckle hpertension)
>
>Is there a better name, one which is less redolent of hospital medicine,
>while describing the alleged phenomenom?
>
>Is there a suitable code which one could use to avoid these apparently
>uncontrolled hypertensives coming up in searches and audits?
>
In Meditel System 5 there is a Code or synonym which reads (sic!) "BP
raised, hypertension not diagnosed".. will that do? Not quite the same
thing, I know.
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Chris Pearson
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