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What is Lobar Pneumonia?

Lobar pneumonia references a form of pneumonia that affects a specific lobe or lobes of the lung. This is a bacterial pneumonia and is most commonly community acquired. Antibiotics are almost always necessary to clear this type of pneumonia. The antibiotic is chosen based on the causative organism identified or suspected. This type of pneumonia […]

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Pneumonia Coding

Hello. Please help with some questions on pneumonia coding:
1) When do you use code J18.8 versus code J18.9?
2) When do you add code Y95 and which is the primary/first diagnosis?
3) Do you need to add any code to indicate whether it is community-acquired versus hospital- or healthcare-aquired?

Thank you in advance.

Rebecca Shindel

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