AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1988 Third Quarter

Respiratory Failure, 518.81

Note: As of October 1, 1998, respiratory failure has been further specified to indicate acute respiratory failure (518.81), chronic respiratory failure (518.83), and acute and chronic respiratory failure (518.84). Respiratory failure, 518.81, may be assigned as a principal diagnosis when it is the condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning admission to the hospital. The fact that the respiratory failure was managed without intubation and mechanical ventilation does not preclude the use of 518.81. If the diagnosis is otherwise supported by the contents of the medical record, then respiratory failure should...

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