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ICD-10-CM Codes Browse (Tabular) Diagnostic External Drug Neoplasm

J86.9 – Pyothorax without fistula

Overview

Coding Notes

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Applicable To

Abscess of pleura
Abscess of thorax
Empyema (chest) (lung) (pleura)
Fibrinopurulent pleurisy
Purulent pleurisy
Pyopneumothorax
Septic pleurisy
Seropurulent pleurisy
Suppurative pleurisy

GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

Fs: 10000 – Empyema without mention of fistula
Fs: 10000 – Pleurisy without mention of effusion or current tuberculosis

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH CC
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITHOUT CC/MCC
FULL TERM NEONATE WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
chest J86.9
peripleuritic J86.9
pleura J86.9
thorax J86.9
Empyema (acute) (chest) (double) (pleura) (supradiaphragmatic) (thorax) J86.9
Pleurisy (acute) (adhesive) (chronic) (costal) (diaphragmatic) (double) (dry) (fibrinous) (fibrous) (interlobar) (latent) (plastic) (primary) (residual) (sicca) (sterile) (subacute) (unresolved) R09.1
staphylococcal J86.9
Pyopneumothorax (infective) J86.9
Pyothorax J86.9

Sibling Codes

Pyothorax with fistula

Parent Sibling Codes

Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Pulmonary edema
Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified
Other interstitial pulmonary diseases
Abscess of lung and mediastinum
Pyothorax

View in Tabular

Code Title
J00-J99 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
J85-J86 Suppurative and necrotic conditions of the lower respiratory tract (J85-J86)
J86 Pyothorax
J86.9 Pyothorax without fistula
Applicable to
Abscess of pleura
Abscess of thorax
Empyema (chest) (lung) (pleura)
Fibrinopurulent pleurisy
Purulent pleurisy
Pyopneumothorax
Septic pleurisy
Seropurulent pleurisy
Suppurative pleurisy