Template:ICD10 Guideline Iatrogenic Pneumothorax

This template contains details on how to code iatrogenic pneumothorax.

To use:

{{ICD10 Guideline Iatrogenic Pneumothorax}}

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Guideline for Iatrogenic Pneumothorax

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

• Iatrogenic, puncture or laceration, related to a procedure or surgery NOS

Plus the most appropriate of the following;

• Pneumothorax, tension, nontraumatic
• Pneumothorax, nontension, nontraumatic
• Pneumothorax, nontraumatic, NOS