Hello. Please help with some questions on pneumonia coding:
1) When do you use code J18.8 versus code J18.9?
2) When do you add code Y95 and which is the primary/first diagnosis?
3) Do you need to add any code to indicate whether it is community-acquired versus hospital- or healthcare-aquired?
Thank you in advance.
Rebecca Shindel
1) When do you use code J18.8 versus code J18.9?
2) When do you add code Y95 and which is the primary/first diagnosis?
3) Do you need to add any code to indicate whether it is community-acquired versus hospital- or healthcare-aquired?
Thank you in advance.
Rebecca Shindel