Edit ICD10 dx: COPD, without exacerbation

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{{ICD10 transition status | OldDxArticle =COPD | CurrentStatus = reconciled | InitialEditorAssigned = Lori Lovell }} == Additional Info == *COPD refers to a group of lung disorders which have similar clinical presentation and course but different histopathological appearances (i.e. how they look under the microscope). Primarily COPD is a combination of "pulmonary emphysema" and "chronic bronchitis", with many or most patients having histopathological characteristics of both. *A potentially BIG source of confusion is that the "Chronic bronchitis" which is a form of COPD, is '''DIFFERENT''' from '''[[Bronchitis, chronic, infectious or noninfectious]]'''. **Part of the reason for this confusion is that sometimes clinicians use "Chronic bronchitis" and "COPD" interchangeably if a patient is the so-called "blue bloater" phenotype of COPD. Use this code to code COPD as a [[Comorbid Diagnosis]]. ===Coding instruction === *use '''[[COPD, without exacerbation]]''' or '''[[COPD, acute exacerbation]]''' if a diagnosis is chronic bronchitis and there is a PRESENCE of COPD. *use '''[[Bronchitis, chronic, infectious or noninfectious]]''' if there is an ABSENCE of COPD. == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == *[[COPD, acute exacerbation]] *[[Pulmonary emphysema or bullous disease without COPD]] *[[Emphysema, mediastinal or interstitial]] *[[Bronchitis, acute or chronic not specified, infectious or noninfectious]] *[[Bronchitis, chronic, infectious or noninfectious]] == Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] == == Related CCI Codes == {{Data Integrity Check List}} == Related Articles == {{Related Articles}} {{ICD10 footer}} {{EndPlaceHolder}}

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