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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
*Do NOT use this code for COPD -- which is a clinical diagnosis
*This code represents anatomical findings -- usually identified by chest imaging
*It is meant for pulmonary bullae or emphysema '''without''' COPD.  For example, use this code for:
**Localized or regional pulmonary bullae -- as might occur singly, or biapically in [[Ankylosing Spondylitis]]
**Emphysematous lung changes found serendipitously (e.g. by imaging) in someone without COPD symptoms
**Regional bullous or emphasematous changes


== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==