J90Billable
Pleural effusion, not elsewhere classified
Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system
Inclusion Terms
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Inclusion Terms
- •Encysted pleurisy
- •Pleural effusion NOS
- •Pleurisy with effusion (exudative) (serous)
Billable Code
J90 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
View documentation for costophrenic
costophrenic
View TemplatesPleural Effusion
View documentation for left pleural effusion
left pleural effusion
View TemplatesPleural Effusion, Left
View documentation for loculated pleural effusion
loculated pleural effusion
View TemplatesLoculated Pleural Effusion
View documentation for pleural effusion
pleural effusion
View TemplatesPleural Effusion
View documentation for right pleural effusion
right pleural effusion
View TemplatesPleural Effusion, Right
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.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
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Excludes2
From J00-J99:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •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
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Use Additional Code
Notes
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Notes
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).