Reactive airway disease coding

[makark]

What is the best ICD-9 code to use for this condition that doesn't indicate asthma? I need to code for inhalation therapy and nebulizers and sometimes the doctor clearly indicates it is not asthma as the coding book refers to.

 

[dabroussard]

Re: RAD

You might consider looking at the 508 codes. I would suggest 508.8 or 508.9

 

[Tmamma]

Rad

In the ER coding they always tell us if the patient is 5 or under with no past history of asthma to use 519.8 and for patients older than 5 to use 493.9_ Hope this helps.

 

[susiekay]

In the ER coding they always tell us if the patient is 5 or under with no past history of asthma to use 519.8 and for patients older than 5 to use 493.9_ Hope this helps.

I'm with you on this one! Exactly how we do it!

 

[dabroussard]

Rad

but isnt 493.9 an asthma code. She said without asthma

 

[SarahJohnson1976]

That is the weird thing about the book - when you look it up it tells you to look under asthma. But I was told that Asthma and RAD are different.

 

[gaponte]

Rad

That is the reason we are changing to ICD-10-CM. Meanwhile, I will recommend you to follow ICD-9-CM instructions and use codes under Asthma 493.

 

[Msicyhot]

And with ICD10, the book still tells you to go to asthma.