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
-{{DA | 1
+Use this code for ''any'' type of pleural effusion '''EXCEPT:'''
-* This code is a "potential infection" so now requires [[Not an Infection (ICD10 pathogen alternative)]] to be entered. There has been some concern that this code would never be an infection and any such infection would be coded as [[Empyema (pyothorax)]]. Should the code be removed from the potential infection category? [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 13:15, 2021 April 8 (CDT)
+*[[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 ==