Medicare Risk Adjustment Tip: Tobacco and HTN

The effects of tobacco smoking on blood pressure are complex, with evidence that tobacco smoking acutely elevates blood pressure and increases the risk of renewable, fatal, and masked hypertension. Documenting the relationship between smoking and vascular changes allows you to establish a link between tobacco use and hypertension.


 

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