AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2016 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Lobar Pneumonia

The patient has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and is admitted to the hospital for treatment of lobar pneumonia. Under code J44.10, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection, there is a note instructing: “Use additional code to identify the infection.” Based on this note is the COPD required to be sequenced first? ...

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