Decompensated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD] with exacerbation ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 491.21: Blue bloater 491.20 with acute bronchitis 491.22 exacerbation (acute) 491.21 Bronchitis (diffuse) (hypostatic) (infectious) (inflammatory) (simple) 490 with emphysema - see Emphysema
2012 ICD-9-CM Codes 490-496 : Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease And Allied Conditions. 490 Bronchitis, not specified as acute or chronic. 491 Chronic bronchitis. 492 Emphysema. 493 Asthma. 494 Bronchiectasis. 495 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis. 496 Chronic airway obstruction, not elsewhere classified. 460-519.
Subtype Codes COPD Code Type ICD-9 Group Name. Code Value(s) DX Emphysema 4920, 4928 DX Obstructive Chronic Bronchitis 4911, 4912, 49120, 496. Procedure Codes COPD Code Type. ICD-9 Group Name. Code Value(s) PX/CPT/HCPC. Anticoagulant Management 85002, 85345, 85347, 85348, 85598, 85610, 85611, 85670, 85675, 85705,
Decompensated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD] with exacerbation. alveolitis, allergic (see also Alveolitis, allergic) 495.9. ICD-9-CM codes are used in medical billing and coding to describe diseases, injuries, symptoms and conditions. ICD-9-CM 491.21 is one of thousands of ICD-9-CM codes used in healthcare.
COPD with Acute Bronchitis ICD 9CM Codes. A diagnosis of COPD and acute bronchitis is classified to code 491.22. It is not necessary to assign code 466.0 (acute bronchitis) with 491.22. Code 491.22 is also assigned if the physician documents …
Signs and symptoms include shortness of breath, wheezing, productive cough, and chest tightness. The two main types of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are chronic obstructive bronchitis and emphysema. A disease of chronic diffuse irreversible airflow obstruction. Subcategories of copd include chronic bronchitis and pulmonary emphysema.
A chronic and progressive lung disorder characterized by the loss of elasticity of the bronchial tree and the air sacs, destruction of the air sacs wall, thickening of the bronchial wall, and mucous accumulation in the bronchial tree.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease includes chronic bronchitis, in which the bronchi (large air passages) are inflamed and scarred, and emphysema, in which the alveoli (tiny air sacs) are damaged. It develops over many years and is usually caused by cigarette smoking.
COPD ICD 10 Code list and guidelines 1 As COPD is a group of diseases it is important to see the coding guidelines properly before deciding which code to be assigned. 2 Look for the notes – Excludes 1, excludes 2, includes, code also, use additional. 3 Excludes 1 note has codes from category J43, J41, J42, J47 and J68.0 4 Asthma of specified type (Eg: mild intermittent asthma) should be coded separately along with COPD. 5 Disease – Airway – Obstructive = Leads to COPD
Diagnosis of COPD can be done by doing pulmonary function test (PFT), chest X-ray, CT lung or arterial blood gas analysis.
Cigarette smoking is one of the major risk factor in increasing the number of COPD patients in the world. Other factors include occupational exposure to dusts and chemical, exposure to fumes from burning fuel or rarely any genetic factor (alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency).
Groups of lung diseases contribute to COPD, most commonly seen combinations are Emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Cigarette smoking is one of the major risk factor in increasing the number of COPD patients in the world.