Readers Question:
Get Ready for More Specific Reporting of Pneumothorax In ICD-10
Published on Mon Jun 09, 2014
Question: We had a patient recently who complained of a bloated feeling in his chest. Our pulmonologist diagnosed it as Pneumothorax. We have been coding it as 512.x. How will it convert to ICD-10? New York Subscriber Answer: When a patient experiences accumulation of air or gas in the pleural space, which may occur spontaneously or as a result of trauma or [...]