Transplant and infection
I have a gentleman who had a bilateral lung transplant in 2013. He was admitted with sepsis 2.2 pneumonia. Would I code T86812- Lung transplant infection or T86818 Other complications of lung transplant?
I have a gentleman who had a bilateral lung transplant in 2013. He was admitted with sepsis 2.2 pneumonia. Would I code T86812- Lung transplant infection or T86818 Other complications of lung transplant?
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You would code the Lung transplant infection since that is a more specific diagnosis for the complication. Then code also the infection, so you can code Pneumonia as well.