It is a condition where the alveoli are deflated down to little or no volume, as distinct from pulmonary consolidation, in which they are filled with liquid. Specialty: Pulmonology. MeSH Code: D001261. ICD 9 Code: 518.0.
Atelectasis [help 1] is the collapse or closure of a lung resulting in reduced or absent gas exchange. It may affect part or all of a lung. It is usually not bilateral. It is a condition where the alveoli are deflated down to little or no volume, as distinct from pulmonary consolidation, in which they are filled with liquid.
Use a child code to capture more detail. ICD Code J98.1 is a non-billable code.
Use a child code to capture more detail. ICD Code J98.1 is a non-billable code.
Z98.3 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of post therapeutic collapse of lung status. The code Z98.3 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.#N#The ICD-10-CM code Z98.3 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like history of lung collapse therapy. The code is exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting for inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals.#N#The code Z98.3 describes a circumstance which influences the patient's health status but not a current illness or injury. The code is unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.
The term lung disease refers to many disorders affecting the lungs, such as asthma, COPD, infections like influenza, pneumonia and tuberculosis, lung cancer, and many other breathing problems. Some lung diseases can lead to respiratory failure. Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health.
During a normal day, you breathe nearly 25,000 times. People with lung disease have difficulty breathing. Millions of people in the U.S. have lung disease. If all types of lung disease are lumped together, it is the number three killer in the United States.
Z98.3 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of post therapeutic collapse of lung status. The code Z98.3 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code R91.8:
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code (s). The following references for the code R91.8 are found in the index:
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
Below is a list of common ICD-10 codes for Pulmonology. This list of codes offers a great way to become more familiar with your most-used codes, but it's not meant to be comprehensive. If you'd like to build and manage your own custom lists, check out the Code Search!
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