I have two ICD 10 coding questions that we are looking for opinions on how they should be coded…

1. If on a chest x-ray the impression states "lung consolidation" what ICD 10 code would you use? Would you go with the J18.1 even though there is no mention of any type of pneumonia or would you use R91.8?

2. if in a report the impression states "degenerative spondylosis" would you code this as M47.81* or because it says degenerative would you go to the M47.89*?

Thank you and help is greatly appreciated.