Chronic Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in ICD-10-CM …

Chronic Pulmonary Disease ( copd ) in ICD-10-CM 2015 Anthelio Healthcare Solutions Inc. Proprietary and confidential. All Rights ICD-10 ExpressLearnFebruary 17, 2015 Chronic obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( copd ) is a type of obstructive lung Disease characterized by chronically poor airflow. The main symptoms include shortness of breath, cough and sputum. Tobacco smoking is the most common cause of copd , with a number of other factors such as air pollution and genetics playing a smaller Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( copd ) may be found in the ICD-10-CM Index under: Main term - Disease Sub term Pulmonary or Sub term Lung More specific sub term - Chronic obstructiveChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( copd ) may be reported as: Chronic obstructive (unspecified) with acute bronchitis with exacerbation (acute) with lower respiratory infection (acute) decompensated with exacerbation (acute) , in ICD-10-CM , if patient has copd with acute exacerbation ( ) and acute bronchitis ( ) three codes would be required.

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