HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2017 Issue 50 (December)

Q&A: Acute respiratory failure as a principal diagnosis

December 12th, 2017

Q: Can acute respiratory failure be used as the principal diagnosis rather than ICD-10-CM code I46.9 (cardiac arrest, cause unspecified) when both are present on admission?

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