Patient was hospitalized 1 month prior to this admission.During that admit,she was diagnosed with COPD and placed on a ventilator for 2 days.She is admitted today with pneumonia.

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The patient is admitted with pneumonia (J18.9) and has a history of COPD (J44.9). There is no indication of a complication of the ventilator from the previous admission, so J95.851 is not applicable.

Patient Was Hospitalized 1 Month Prior to This Admission