A: This would be coded as an inhalation injury. The asphyxia codes do not apply to inhalation injury. Carbon monoxide poisoning is not a codable injury and asphyxia applies to mechanical constriction or restriction of the airway. You may only code the inhalation injury.
Q: A patient is found down in an apartment fire without cardiac activity and was resuscitated and transported. She had a bronchoscopy and found to have a mild inhalation injury with elevated carbon monoxide levels. How would you code this injury and why?
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