So I keep getting denials from Inpatient claims where they say that the diagnosis code is J96.01-Resp Failure with hypoxia, but when I look in the discharge summary I only see hypoxemia.

So since hypoxia (deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching to the tissue) and hypoxemia (abnormal low concentration of oxygen in blood) are 2 totally separate meanings does that mean that I can’t use J96.001; but instead I need to use J96.00 since they are not stating hypoxia or hypercapnia?