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Pneumonia coding compliance critical for success

Bronchopulmonary infections, such as acute bronchitis and pneumonia, are frequent reasons for physician and facility encounters. These encounters result in ICD-10-CM code assignments that factor greatly in severity and risk adjustment inherent to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the recently implemented Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.

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