ICD-10:
Check Surgeon's Record for Necessary Details About Acute on Chronic Respiratory Failure
Published on Tue Jul 15, 2014
Plus: Watch whether the patient’s condition merits a higher P status modifier. When your anesthesia provider is present during surgery for a patient with acute exacerbation on chronic respiratory failure, an accurate diagnosis is important for documentation’s sake – and might also boost your bottom line. ICD-9: Currently, you report acute exacerbation on chronic respiratory failure with 518.84 (Acute and [...]