Cumulative Official WHO Updates to ICD 10 - 1996 - 2001

May occur following an acute respiratory infection or pneumonia, without obvious cause ... we will not ‘code’ postoperative respiratory failure if there is not clinical support for this decision – ‘best practice’ would be to state in our notes section that “518.5X noted”. ... Source: AHA Coding Clinic( for ICD-9 … ................
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