Respiratory failure (insufficiency), chronic: Difference between revisions

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**Code the underlying cause for the respiratory failure (ex. GBS, C-spine injury, etc).
**Code the underlying cause for the respiratory failure (ex. GBS, C-spine injury, etc).
**[[Muscle, wasting/atrophy NOS]]
**[[Muscle, wasting/atrophy NOS]]
**[[Tracheostomy, has one]]
**[[Tracheostomy, has one]] {{Discuss| From the [[Tracheostomy, has one]]  article is the following: "This code should '''only be used as a comorbid diagnosis''' -- because if putting in the trach was related to admission, or happened after admission, then you wouldn't code this diagnosis, but instead as a CCI procedure code, specifically Tracheostomy creation." For clarification, can collectors also code [[Tracheostomy, has one]] as an admit or even acquired dx?  }}


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