Should this patient be started on medications

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Assignment:

Your hypertension patient, previously diagnosed as "prehypertension," is concerned because their blood pressure reading has not changed, but you are now stating that they have actual hypertension. They believe this is only a maneuver to "sell more pills." Their blood pressure (BP) is 134/88 today and has been running in that range for the past three recordings in the chart.

Their weight has risen from 200 to 225 pounds in the year since prehypertensive diagnosis.

1. How do you respond to the objection to the change in nomenclature?

2. What are the current cut points used to determine whether a patient has elevated blood pressure versus the diagnosis of hypertension?

3. Considering your patient's current BP level, what diagnostic code do you use?

4. Should this patient be started on medications? They were originally diagnosed with prehypertension over a year ago.

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