AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1991 Second Quarter

Sequencing of Respiratory Failure in Association with Nonrespiratory Conditions

The September-October 1987 issue of Coding Clinic indicated that respiratory failure can be designated as the principal diagnosis when it is due to an underlying disease, depending on the circumstances. Coding Clinic for November-December 1987 further indicated that respiratory failure due to or associated with a respiratory condition is appropriately sequenced as the principal diagnosis when the circumstances of the admission support such a decision. Since that time, the Central Office on ICD-9-CM has received numerous questions regarding the sequencing of respiratory failure with an associated or underlying nonpulmonary diagnosis. The question is whether respiratory failure can be listed...

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