How should Acute Bronchitis and COPD be Coded?

According to the ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting effective October 1, 2010:

Acute bronchitis, code 466.0, is due to an infectious organism.  When acute bronchitis is documented with COPD, code 491.22, Obstructive chronic bronchitis with acute bronchitis, should be assigned.  It is not necessary to also assign code 466.0.  If a medical record documents acute bronchitis with COPD with acute exacerbation, only code 491.22 should be assigned.  The acute bronchitis included in code 491.22 supersedes the acute exacerbation.  If a medical record documents COPD with acute exacerbation without mention of acute bronchitis, only code 491.21 should be assigned.  See the link provided to get a full copy of the ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting.  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd9/icdguide10.pdf
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5 comments:

  1. Alex NeilMarch 10, 2016 at 10:54 AM

    I appreciate your information on the Bronchitis. I wrote about this, too, recently. More specifically about the causes and cure to Bronchitis.

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  2. The Leading Physicians of The WorldMarch 16, 2017 at 3:11 AM

    Acute bronchitis is the most common type of bronchitis, which often develops due to infection around the respiratory system or a cold or flu virus. This type of bronchitis is very common and usually goes away in a few days or weeks, depending on the type of care.

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