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Wiki help with coding respiratory failure

Cathy59

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critical care for patient with acute hypercarbic respiratory failure, is there a better code than 518.81
 
Is there more documentation? Usually there is a cause for the respiratory failure and that may yield a different diagnosis or diagnosis combination.
 
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