Empyema - POST OP
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Category: Infection (old) |
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| Main Diagnosis: | Empyema |
| Sub Diagnosis: | EMPYEMA- POST OP |
| Diagnosis Code: | 3100 |
| Comorbid Diagnosis: | No |
| Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10): | 0 |
| Program: | CC & Med |
| Status: | Currently Collected
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Also see: Empyema - NON POST OP Emphyema is a collection of pus in the space between the lung and the inner surface of the chest wall (pleural space)
This DX has been since the "beginning" under the RESPIRATORY Category, then move to Respiratory Infection Category, and was only referring empyema in that area not anywhere else.
Causes:
- 20-60% - results from pneumonia
- Thoracic trauma (in about 1-5% of cases)
- Rupture of a lung abscess into the pleural space
- Extension of a non–pleural-based infection (eg, mediastinitis, abdominal infection)
- Esophageal tear
- Iatrogenic introduction at the time of thoracic surgery
- An indwelling catheter that is a nidus (breeding place) for infection