Pneumothorax, nontraumatic, NOS

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ICD10 Diagnosis
Dx: Pneumothorax, nontraumatic, NOS
ICD10 code: J93.9
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: Bronchopleural Fistula, Pneumothorax, Pneumothorax Spontaneous, Pneumothorax (iatrogenic)
Charlson/ALERT Scale: none
APACHE Como Component: none
APACHE Acute Component: none
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    • 2019-01-01
    • 2999-12-31
    • J93.9
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Additional Info

  • The "NOS" here refers to the fact that it's not clear if the pneumothorax is tension or non-tension
  • Does NOT include traumatic.
  • For iatrogenic pneumothorax, see guideline below
  • This code includes a nontraumatic bronchopleural fistula where it's not clear if the pneumothorax is with or without tension

Guideline for Iatrogenic Pneumothorax

According to our general rule of not coding iatrogenic events as traumas, code an iatrogenic pneumothorax as

Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition

Pneumothorax codes:
Pleural abnormalities codes:

Candidate Combined ICD10 codes

  • Code cause if known.


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