HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2021 Issue 47 (November)

Q&A: ICD-10-CM reporting for respiratory failure and ARDS

November 23rd, 2021

Q: Our facility has been seeing more denials lately for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), especially when both respiratory failure and ARDS are documented in the same record. How should ARDS be reported in ICD-10-CM, and which MS-DRG does this diagnosis group to?

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