42 year old hiv positive male has a fever and shortness of breath. The diagnostic workup includes a chest x ray and sputumbcultu

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42 year old hiv positive male has a fever and shortness of breath. The diagnostic workup includes a chest x ray and sputumbcultu

re. The final diagnosis is pneumocytosis pneumonia due to age what is the full icd 10 cm code

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vodka [1.7K] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-14T00:30:38+03:00

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Answer: B20

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zloy xaker [14] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-13T22:03:00+03:00

The correct answer is:

B20-this is the ICD 10 code for Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease resulting in infectious and parasitic diseases (B20.6 which is for HIV disease resulting in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia).

Code for the pneumonia, pneumocystis (carinii) (jiroveci) is B59.