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Official Description

Pulmonary congestion and hypostasis
Hypostatic:

bronchopneumonia, pneumonia
Passive pneumonia
Pulmonary congestion (chronic) (passive)
Pulmonary edema:
NOS, chronic
Excludes:
acute pulmonary edema:
NOS (518.4), with mention of heart disease or failure (428.1)
hypostatic pneumonia due to or specified as a specific type of pneumonia – code to the type of pneumonia (480.0-480.9, 481, 482.0-482.49, 483.0-483.8, 487.0, 488.01-488.11)
Short Descr Pulm congest/hypostasis
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