AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2019 Issue 3; Correction Notice

Lobar Pneumonia

Coding Clinic, Third Quarter 2018, pages 24-25, advised to assign code J18.1, Lobar pneumonia, unspecified organism, when the provider documents pneumonia of the “right upper lobe” and the causal organism is not documented. After further review by our clinical experts, the Coding Clinic Editorial Advisory Board is rescinding previously published advice about lobar pneumonia. Lobar pneumonia should only be coded when the provider specifically documents “lobar pneumonia” and a causal organism is not specified. Lobar pneumonia is a clinical diagnosis and typically involves consolidation of one or more lobes of the lung, meaning there is consolidation...

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