A Patient Presents to the Radiology Department with an Order

Multiple Choice

A patient presents to the radiology department with an order for a CT scan. The provider's diagnostic statement supporting the scan is "severe cough, probable COPD." Upon examination, the CT scan does not show evidence of abnormality with the lungs and surrounding structures. How should the coder appropriately code this patient's diagnosis?

A) code the severe cough and COPD
B) select code Z87.898, Personal history of other specified disease
C) select code Z87.09, Personal history of other diseases of respiratory system
D) code the severe cough only