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3. Index Terms Starting With 'E' (Empyema)

Index Terms Starting With 'E' (Empyema)

• Empyema (acute) (chest) (double) (pleura) (supradiaphragmatic) (thorax) J86.9

  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J86.9

  Pyothorax without fistula

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code

  Applicable To

  • Abscess of pleura
  • Abscess of thorax
  • Empyema (chest) (lung) (pleura)
  • Fibrinopurulent pleurisy
  • Purulent pleurisy
  • Pyopneumothorax
  • Septic pleurisy
  • Seropurulent pleurisy
  • Suppurative pleurisy

  • accessory sinus (chronic) - see Sinusitis
  • antrum (chronic) - see Sinusitis, maxillary
  • brain (any part) - see Abscess, brain
  • ethmoidal (chronic) (sinus) - see Sinusitis, ethmoidal
  • extradural - see Abscess, extradural
  • frontal (chronic) (sinus) - see Sinusitis, frontal
  • gallbladder K81.0
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K81.0

    Acute cholecystitis

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code

    Applicable To

    • Abscess of gallbladder
    • Angiocholecystitis
    • Emphysematous (acute) cholecystitis
    • Empyema of gallbladder
    • Gangrene of gallbladder
    • Gangrenous cholecystitis
    • Suppurative cholecystitis
  • mastoid (process) (acute) - see Mastoiditis, acute
  • maxilla, maxillary M27.2
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M27.2

    Inflammatory conditions of jaws

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code

    Applicable To

    • Osteitis of jaw(s)
    • Osteomyelitis (neonatal) jaw(s)
    • Osteoradionecrosis jaw(s)
    • Periostitis jaw(s)
    • Sequestrum of jaw bone

    Type 2 Excludes

    • osteonecrosis of jaw due to drug (M87.180)

    Use Additional

    • code (W88-W90, X39.0) to identify radiation, if radiation-induced
    • sinus (chronic) - see Sinusitis, maxillary
  • nasal sinus (chronic) - see Sinusitis
  • sinus (accessory) (chronic) (nasal) - see Sinusitis
  • sphenoidal (sinus) (chronic) - see Sinusitis, sphenoidal
  • subarachnoid - see Abscess, extradural
  • subdural - see Abscess, subdural
  • tuberculous A15.6
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A15.6

    Tuberculous pleurisy

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code

    Applicable To

    • Tuberculosis of pleura Tuberculous empyema

    Type 1 Excludes

    • primary respiratory tuberculosis (A15.7)
  • ureter - see Ureteritis
  • ventricular - see Abscess, brain
  • with fistula J86.0
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J86.0

    Pyothorax with fistula

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code

    Applicable To

    • Bronchocutaneous fistula
    • Bronchopleural fistula
    • Hepatopleural fistula
    • Mediastinal fistula
    • Pleural fistula
    • Thoracic fistula
    • Any condition classifiable to J86.9 with fistula