AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2014 Issue 4

Mechanical Ventilation

The ICD-10-PCS provides three codes to describe the duration patients are on mechanical (respiratory) ventilation as follows:       5A1935Z    Respiratory ventilation, less than 24 consecutive hours       5A1945Z    Respiratory ventilation, 24-96 consecutive hours       5A1955Z    Respiratory ventilation, greater than 96 consecutive hours Mechanical ventilation is a process by which gases are moved into the lungs by means of a mechanical device that assists respiration by augmenting or replacing the patient’s own ventilatory effort. With mechanical ventilation, the patient is either...

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