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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2019 Issue 2; Ask The Editor
Postoperative Pulmonary Embolism
A patient underwent total knee arthroplasty, and her postoperative course was uneventful. Six days later, she presented with hypoxia and shortness of breath, and the provider documented postoperative pulmonary embolism after a CT pulmonary angiogram confirmed an embolism in the right pulmonary artery. ICD-10-CM classifies postoperative, postprocedural embolisms to subcategory T81.7 with specific codes for artery or vein. What is the correct ICD-10-CM code for a postoperative pulmonary embolism?
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