tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2021 Issue Q3

ICD-10 Coding: Coding Pneumonia in the ED? Check This Guide

Your best bet is to nail down the cause of pneumonia first, experts say. When patients present to the ED and are diagnosed with pneumonia, your coding choices are vast, with over 50 codes in the J12-J18.9 range. However, the vast majority of those codes require you to know more about the patient’s condition than the fact that the doctor diagnosed them with pneumonia. Basics: The clinical features of pneumonia include tachypnea, fever, dyspnea, and hypoxia. Respiratory infections that can cause pneumonia range in complexity and specific causes. Some of the causes you may come across could...

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