A patient complains of dizziness. The physician states that she has hypertension. You will:

A) code for dizziness.
B) code for hypertension.
C) code for dizziness and hypertension.
D) query the physician.

In medical coding, the condition that is known and treated should be coded. Since the physician has diagnosed the patient with hypertension, it is the condition that should be coded. Dizziness is a symptom and unless it is specifically being treated or there is an instruction to code also the symptom, it is not coded when a definitive diagnosis is established.