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J91.8
Billable

Pleural effusion in other conditions classified elsewhere

Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system

Code First

3 items

Billable Code

J91.8 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 bilateral pleural effusion
bilateral pleural effusion
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Bilateral Pleural Effusion

View documentation for left pleural effusion
left pleural effusion
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Pleural Effusion, Left

View documentation for loculated pleural effusion
loculated pleural effusion
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Loculated Pleural Effusion

View documentation for parapneumonic effusion
parapneumonic effusion
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Parapneumonic Effusion

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.

Excludes2

11 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)

From J91:

  • pleural effusion in heart failure (I50.-)
  • pleural effusion in systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.13)

Use Additional Code

7 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)

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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