How will the coding professional code the pneumonia

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A patient was admitted with pneumonia. A sputum culture was able to identify Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which the consulting pulmonologist documented as the cause of the pneumonia. The patient was also diagnosed with an E. coli UTI. In the final diagnosis statement, the attending physician documents E. coli pneumonia and UTI. How will the coding professional code the pneumonia?

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