AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2006 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Postoperative Mechanical Ventilation

The patient was intubated and placed on mechanical ventilation for surgery. The patient was maintained on the ventilator for three days post-operatively. If a patient is maintained on mechanical ventilation for more than two days after surgery, is it automatically acceptable to assign the mechanical ventilation as an additional procedure code? ...

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