Kevin is a 63-year-old patient who was diagnosed with congestive heart failure two years ago. He is having an echocardiogram today so his physician can monitor the progression of the disease. The ICD-10 code for Kevin's procedure today is found in which of the following series of codes?
A. A00-B99
B. E00-E89
C. G00-G99
D. H00-H59
E. I00-I99
E. I00-I99
Because Kevin has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure, you would look for the ICD-10 code in Chapter 9, "Diseases of the circulatory system," which contains the code range I00-I99.
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