Small but significant changes to the code set are on the way. ICD-10-CM has released its April 1 update to the code set for fiscal year (FY) 2025. There are no code changes in the update, but there are several [...]
Remember to use J65 for tuberculosis-related diagnoses. Patients suffering from pneumoconiosis are noticing its effects after years of exposure to the harmful dust. As a pulmonology coder, you’ll need to know the different pneumoconiosis types and the codes for each [...]
Find the right occupation to code a hypersensitivity pneumonitis dx. You’ll find a bevy of common and rare lung diseases in the ICD-10-CM code set that could afflict your pulmonology patients. Rare lung diseases, such as beryllium disease, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, [...]
