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Differentiate Between Pulmonary Nodules and Pulmonary Fibrosis
Published on Mon Jul 10, 2023
Question: I have a report where the provider diagnosed the patient with multiple pulmonary nodules in the lungs. Can I assign J84.10 to report the diagnosis? Florida Subscriber Answer: No, you shouldn’t assign J84.10 (Pulmonary fibrosis, unspecified) to report pulmonary nodules in the lungs. Pulmonary nodules aren’t fibrosis, so you’ll assign R91.8 (Other nonspecific abnormal finding of lung field) to [...]