danaguy71@yahoo.com
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I am having an issue with this code. I chose J44.9. My employer said it should be J42
Here is what I said: If you look under the excludes of J42 it says excludes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease NOS (J44.9). If you go to the ICD-10 index for bronchitis, chronic, it goes to “with airway obstructions” (isn’t this COPD)? Shouldn’t the code be J44.9?
This is the response I got back: When you use 3M and enter in COPD w/ chronic bronchitis, it maps to J42.
The response is true unless you pick with airway obstruction, then you would get J44.9. Does the documentation have to specifically say with airway obstruction? I thought this is what COPD meant? I couldn't find any coding clinic guidance about this issue for I-10.
Can anyone help? Thoughts? Rationale?
thanks!
Here is what I said: If you look under the excludes of J42 it says excludes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease NOS (J44.9). If you go to the ICD-10 index for bronchitis, chronic, it goes to “with airway obstructions” (isn’t this COPD)? Shouldn’t the code be J44.9?
This is the response I got back: When you use 3M and enter in COPD w/ chronic bronchitis, it maps to J42.
The response is true unless you pick with airway obstruction, then you would get J44.9. Does the documentation have to specifically say with airway obstruction? I thought this is what COPD meant? I couldn't find any coding clinic guidance about this issue for I-10.
Can anyone help? Thoughts? Rationale?
thanks!