Patient is admitted for treatment of pneumonia.She has had a cough and fever for the past 3 days.Patient has mild COPD with emphysema.She is treated with IV fluids for dehydration and antibiotics.Final Diagnoses: Fever due to pneumonia.Dehydration.COPD.

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- J18.9: Pneumonia, unspecified organism (diagnosed with pneumonia)
- E86.0: Dehydration (treated with IV fluids for dehydration)
- J43.9: Emphysema, unspecified (not specified as mild in the diagnosis)
Note: there is no specific code for COPD with emphysema, so we use the code for emphysema (J43.9) and document the severity in the notes.

Patient Is Admitted for Treatment of Pneumonia