Question

42 year old hiv positive male has a fever and shortness of breath. The diagnostic workup includes a chest x ray and sputumbculture. The final diagnosis is pneumocytosis pneumonia due to age what is the full icd 10 cm code

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Answer: B20

Explanation: