AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2020 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-CM Codes

Ventilatory Assistance by High Flow or High Velocity Nasal Cannula Devices

In table 5A0, Physiological Systems, Assistance, new qualifier value A High Nasal Flow/Velocity, has been added and applied to the body system value 9 Respiratory, and function value 5 Ventilation, to identify ventilatory assistance provided by high flow or high velocity nasal cannula devices. The change allows the reporting of this service for three duration values as shown below. Nasal high flow therapy is a type of respiratory support method that delivers a high flow (liters per minute) of oxygen often in conjunction with compressed air and humidification through a nasal cannula. It is considered a less invasive alternative...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS .


  • The official AHA publication for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding guidelines and advice
  • Current newsletters added each quarter
  • Full Archives - over 3100 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 1984 organized by year and issue
  • Includes ICD-10-CM/PCS Articles since 2013
  • Fully searchable through Find-A-Code's Comprehensive Search
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles
  • View all the articles associated with any code, right from the code page!
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • AHA's Coding Clinic® - ICD-10-CM/PCS +Archives

demo
request yours today
subscribe
start today
newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.