Wiki COPD vs smoker's cough

[VSaravanan]

Hi all,

Shall we code both COPD and smoker's cough if it is addressed on the same encounter or smoker's cough is enough to code?

Thanks
Saravanan vasudevan, RN, BSN, CPC-A.

 

[sureshbabu87]

No smoker cough also a symtoms of COPD.so no need to code cough .