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6824 – Chronic Lung Abscess

Description Rating
6824 Chronic lung abscess.
General Rating Formula for Bacterial Infections of the Lung (diagnostic codes 6822 through 6824):
Active infection with systemic symptoms such as fever, night sweats, weight loss, or hemoptysis 100
Depending on the specific findings, rate residuals as interstitial lung disease, restrictive lung disease, or, when obstructive lung disease is the major residual, as chronic bronchitis (DC 6600).