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J93

Pneumothorax and air leak

Non-billableCategory

Chapter: 10. Diseases of the respiratory system

Section: J90-J94 - Other diseases of the pleura

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with J93

  • P25.1 - congenital or perinatal pneumothorax (P25.1)
  • J95.812 - postprocedural air leak (J95.812)
  • J95.811 - postprocedural pneumothorax (J95.811)
  • S27.0 - traumatic pneumothorax (S27.0)
  • tuberculous (current disease) pneumothorax (A15.-)
  • pyopneumothorax (J86.-)

Specific Codes (4)

J93.0Billable

Spontaneous tension pneumothorax

J93.1Category

Other spontaneous pneumothorax

J93.8Category

Other pneumothorax and air leak

J93.9Billable

Pneumothorax, unspecified

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