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ICD-10-CM Code for Pulmonary edema J81

ICD-10 code J81 for Pulmonary edema is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the respiratory system .

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Pulmonary edema
Use additional code to identify:
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
tobacco dependence (F17.-)
tobacco use (Z72.0)
Excludes1: chemical (acute) pulmonary edema (J68.1)
hypostatic pneumonia (J18.2)
passive pneumonia (J18.2)
pulmonary edema due to external agents (J60-J70)
pulmonary edema with heart disease NOS (I50.1)
pulmonary edema with heart failure (I50.1)
 
J81 Pulmonary edema
Child Code
Acute pulmonary edema
Child Code
Chronic pulmonary edema

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PULMONARY EDEMA
Running this through an encoder gives you J81.1.... [ Read More ]
PULMONARY EDEMA
When coding for Pulmonary Edema, and it is not stated whether acute or chronic? which code do we use? J81.0, or j81.1 ? I'm thinking J81.1 since it also applies to NOS . Please correct me if I am wro... [ Read More ]
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[QUOTE="Pathos, post: 441400, member: 449828"]My SelectCoder suggests: [B]R91.8[/B] - Other [B]nonspecific[/B] abnormal finding of lung field Clarifying Terms Lung mass NOS found on diagnostic imagi... [ Read More ]
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My SelectCoder suggests: [B]R91.8[/B] - Other [B]nonspecific[/B] abnormal finding of lung field Clarifying Terms Lung mass NOS found on diagnostic imaging of lung Pulmonary infiltrate NOS Shadow, lu... [ Read More ]
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hello, I am looking for a pulmonary vascular congestion code. After researching I found out that two different codes can be used: R91.8 and J81.1. which one is correct? thank you,... [ Read More ]
Pulmonary vascular congestion
[QUOTE="suncy.arakkaalsunny, post: 377938, member: 347176"]we can assign pulmonary vascular congestion dx in I10 as pulmonary edema or pulmonary congestion code. Whether J81.0 or R09.89. Please clarif... [ Read More ]
Pulmonary vascular congestion
we can assign pulmonary vascular congestion dx in I10 as pulmonary edema or pulmonary congestion code. Whether J81.0 or R09.89. Please clarify... [ Read More ]
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