Wiki 485 vs 486

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Chest x-ray indicates right lower lobe pneumonia.
Physician does not specify anything further than "pneumonia".

Both ICD-9 indicate "lobar" in description.
Is there another way to distinguish between 485 and 486 if physician doesn't give
any descriptors in his documentation?

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485 is bronchopneumonia, organism unspecified
486 is pneumonia, organism unspecified
the difference is the location of the infection, per your radiology report use 486
 
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