Wiki Acute on chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia

[KoBee]

I have a question regarding the diagnosis J96.21 being captured in an office setting, are we allowed to capture it especially if patient is on O2 as needed?


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[baroquecoder]

I have a question regarding the diagnosis J96.21 being captured in an office setting, are we allowed to capture it especially if patient is on O2 as needed?


Help :/

No you can't. Acute respiratory failure is treated in an emergent or hospital based setting.

 

[LeeJager]

You can use J96.11 - Chronic Respiratory Failure with hypoxia - in an office setting. If the patient is trach/O2 dependent, then those Z codes should also be captured.