Pleural effusion, NOS: Difference between revisions

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== Additional Info ==

*Use this code for ''any'' type of pleural effusion EXCEPT:

'''Includes:'''

**[[Empyema (pyothorax)]]

*Chylothorax

**[[Pleura, metastatic malignancy to it (also code primary site)]] -- which also includes malignant pleural effusion

*Hydrothorax, including hepatic hydrothorax

**[[Tuberculosis of the respiratory system, confirmed]] -- which also includes tuberculous pleural effusion

Use this code for ''any'' type of pleural effusion '''EXCEPT:'''

*[[Empyema (pyothorax)]]

*[[Pleura, metastatic malignancy to it (also code primary site)]] -- which also includes malignant pleural effusion

*[[Tuberculosis of the respiratory system, confirmed]] -- which also includes tuberculous pleural effusion

== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==

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*This code includes pleural effusion in pleurisy -- but in that case you should [[Combined ICD10 codes|combine code]] it with [[Pleurisy (infectious or noninfectious)]]

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 {{ICD10 transition status
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 | InitialEditorAssigned = Lori Lovell
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 == Additional Info ==
-*Use this code for ''any'' type of pleural effusion EXCEPT:
+'''Includes:'''
-**[[Empyema (pyothorax)]]
+*Chylothorax
-**[[Pleura, metastatic malignancy to it (also code primary site)]] -- which also includes malignant pleural effusion
+*Hydrothorax, including hepatic hydrothorax
-**[[Tuberculosis of the respiratory system, confirmed]] -- which also includes tuberculous pleural effusion
+Use this code for ''any'' type of pleural effusion '''EXCEPT:'''
+*[[Empyema (pyothorax)]]
+*[[Pleura, metastatic malignancy to it (also code primary site)]] -- which also includes malignant pleural effusion
+*[[Tuberculosis of the respiratory system, confirmed]] -- which also includes tuberculous pleural effusion
 == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
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 *This code includes pleural effusion in pleurisy -- but in that case you should [[Combined ICD10 codes|combine code]] it with [[Pleurisy (infectious or noninfectious)]]
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+{{ICD10 Guideline Infection}}
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