AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2017 Issue 1; Correction Notices

Bronchoalveolar Lavage

Coding Clinic, First Quarter 2016, page 26, contained an error regarding the appropriate ICD-10-PCS code for bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Code 0B9B8ZX, Drainage of left lower lobe bronchus via natural or artificial opening endoscopic, is not the correct code. BAL involves washing out and sampling alveoli of the lung (small sacs within the lungs). The appropriate code assignment for a BAL is as follows: 0B9J8ZX Drainage of left lower lung lobe, via natural or artificial opening endoscopic, diagnostic The lung body part values more accurately capture the objective of bronchoalveolar lavage, and coding to the lung is consistent with the...

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