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ICD-10 Update:

J67.0 Transforms Your Farmer's Lung Reporting in 2013

Published on Mon Jan 30, 2012

Use history and symptoms hand-in-hand to arrive at the right diagnosis.Currently, if your pulmonologist arrives at the diagnosis of farmer's lung, you need to report it with the ICD-9 code 495.0 (Farmers' lung). When ICD-9 transforms to ICD-10 effective October 1, 2013, the ICD-10 code for farmers' lung will change to J67.0 (Farmer's lung). However, the descriptor under ICD-10 will remain the same as in ICD-9. Read on for more on the condition and how to report it. Clinical details: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is also termed as extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA). EAA is a respiratory condition caused by a hypersensitivity reaction to inhaled extrinsic factors resulting in inflammation in the alveoli of the lungs. This is an occupational hazard, and the classification of EAA is also done on the basis of the inhaled extrinsic factor. One such type of EAA is Farmer's lung. Farmer's lung is caused by inhalation of moldy [...]
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