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J93

Non-Billable (Header)

Pneumothorax and air leak

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • congenital or perinatal pneumothorax (P25.1)
  • postprocedural air leak (J95.812)
  • postprocedural pneumothorax (J95.811)
  • traumatic pneumothorax (S27.0)
  • tuberculous (current disease) pneumothorax (A15.-)
  • pyopneumothorax (J86.-)

Child Codes

J93.0Spontaneous tension pneumothorax
J93.1Other spontaneous pneumothorax
J93.8Other pneumothorax and air leak
J93.9Pneumothorax, unspecified

Code Hierarchy

└J93Pneumothorax and air leak
└J93Pneumothorax and air leak

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