ICD-10 Update:
Look For Easy Crossover to J82 For Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Published on Fri May 31, 2013
Hint: Pulmonary infiltrates NOS should be reported with a different code as in ICD-9. When your pulmonologist diagnoses pulmonary eosinophilia, you’ll have to check out whether the causative factor is extrinsic or intrinsic as ICD-10 codes have specific diagnosis codes based on the etiology unlike what is currently followed using ICD-9 coding system. ICD-9: When your pulmonologist makes a diagnosis [...]