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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
incl in pleurisy  
*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 ==