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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*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 | |||
*This code includes pleural effusion in pleurisy -- but in that case you should combine the code to the code for [[Pleurisy, infectious or noninfectious]] | |||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||
* [[Empyema (pyothorax)]] | *[[Empyema (pyothorax)]] | ||
* [[Tuberculosis of the respiratory system, confirmed]] | *[[Pleura, metastatic malignancy to it (also code primary site)]] | ||
*[[Tuberculosis of the respiratory system, confirmed]] | |||
*[[Empyema (pyothorax)]] | |||
*[[Pleural thickening, pleural plaques]] | |||
*[[Pneumothorax, tension, nontraumatic]] | |||
*[[Pneumothorax, nontension, nontraumatic]] | |||
*[[Pneumothorax, nontraumatic, NOS]] | |||
*[[Hemothorax or hemopneumothorax, nontraumatic]] | |||
*[[Pneumothorax, traumatic]] | |||
*[[Hemothorax, traumatic]] | |||
*[[Fibrothorax]] | |||
*[[Asbestos lung disease]] | |||
*[[Pleural disorder, NOS]] | |||
{sc:malignant effusions} {{discussion}} what would be the code for this? Ttenbergen 23:56, 2017 November 21 (CST) | {sc:malignant effusions} {{discussion}} what would be the code for this? Ttenbergen 23:56, 2017 November 21 (CST) | ||
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== Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] == | == Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] == | ||
{{ICD10 infection}} | {{ICD10 infection}} | ||
== Related CCI Codes == | == Related CCI Codes == | ||