ICD-9-CM Codes ICD-9-PCS Codes

511.9 - Unspecified pleural effusion

GEM Conversion to ICD-10 CM

J91.8

Fs: 10000 – Pleural effusion in other conditions classified elsewhere

Sibling Codes

511.0

Pleurisy without mention of effusion or current tuberculosis

511.1

Pleurisy with effusion, with mention of a bacterial cause other than tuberculosis

511.9

Unspecified pleural effusion

Parent Sibling Codes

514

Pulmonary congestion and hypostasis

515

Postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis