Patient was admitted from the nursing home in acute respiratory failure due to congestive heart failure. Chest X-ray also showed acute pulmonary edema. Patient was intubated and placed on mechanical ventilation for less than 24 hours and expired the day after admission. (Code diagnoses using ICD-10-CM and procedures using ICD-PCS.)
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