Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis

Clinical Criteria & Documentation Requirements

• Required documentation elements: Patient history, symptom duration, diagnostic imaging results, pulmonary function test results
• Specific coding terminology: Interstitial lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• Documentation examples: 'Patient presents with progressive dyspnea and a history of chronic cough. HRCT shows ground-glass opacities and reticular patterns.'

Primary Specialty