Aspiration (early presentation, documented aspiration)
59 - Aspiration (early presentation, documented aspiration)
- subcode 59, should be used only in conjunction with HAP and CAP
- code HAP or CAP with a subcode of aspiration, if this is known, as the admission code.
- if the patient subsequently has an organism, code this as a complication (eg. HAP with subcode the organism.)
Also see: Pneumonitis 2nd Chemical Aspiration