Cumulative Official WHO Updates to ICD 10 - 1996 - 2001

Acute on chronic respiratory failure often occurs in a patient with COPD who suffers an additional insult such as a respiratory infection, pulmonary embolus, rib fractures or pneumothorax. Lab reports. ABGs: Per Coding Clinic 3Q 1988 "Respiratory failure is a condition characterized by inadequate exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide by the lungs. ................
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