AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2013 Issue 4; Ask the Editor

Healthcare Acquired (Nosocomial) Condition

A patient is admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with severe sepsis due to healthcare associated pneumonia. The physician documented that her healthcare associated pneumonia was due to her recent hospitalization. During a recent ICD-10-CM training it was suggested that code Y95 Nosocomial condition could be assigned in addition to R65.20, Severe sepsis without septic shock, and J18.9 Pneumonia, unspecified organism. There is currently no indexing in the ICD-10-CM index that supports this assignment. Is it appropriate to assign code Y95, Nosocomial condition based on the documentation of healthcare associated pneumonia or hospital acquired pneumonia? ...

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