AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2010 Issue 4; Ask the Editor
Basilar Pneumonia
The entry in the Alphabetic Index for Pneumonia, basal, basic, basilar, instructs the coder to see Pneumonia, lobar. Lobar pneumonia is indexed to 481, Pneumococcal pneumonia. However, previous Coding Clinic advice states that it is inappropriate to assume the presence of an organism when the documentation cannot support the code assignment. Does this advice apply to basilar pneumonia too? ...
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