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J81.0
Billable

Acute pulmonary edema

Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system

Inclusion Terms

1 item
  • Acute edema of lung

Billable Code

J81.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

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acute pulmonary congestion
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Acute Pulmonary Congestion

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acute pulmonary edema
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Acute Pulmonary Edema

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flash pulmonary edema
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Flash Pulmonary Edema

View documentation for interstitial edema
interstitial edema
Primary
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Interstitial Pulmonary Edema

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pulmonary congestion
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Pulmonary Congestion

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pulmonary vascular congestion
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Pulmonary Vascular Congestion

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vascular congestion
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Vascular Congestion

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Excludes1

6 items

From J81:

  • chemical (acute) pulmonary edema (J68.1)
  • hypostatic pneumonia (J18.2)
  • passive pneumonia (J18.2)
  • pulmonary edema due to external agents (J60-J70)
  • pulmonary edema with heart disease NOS (I50.1)
  • pulmonary edema with heart failure (I50.1)

Excludes2

9 items

From J00-J99:

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Use Additional Code

13 items

From J00-J99:

  • code, where applicable, to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)

From J81:

  • code to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)

Notes

1 item

From J00-J99:

  • When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).
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