Pyothorax with fistula
Billable / specificHCC V28 283
J86.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Bronchocutaneous fistula
- Bronchopleural fistula
- Hepatopleural fistula
- Mediastinal fistula
- Pleural fistula
- Thoracic fistula
- Any condition classifiable to J86.9 with fistula
Includes (from J86)
- Note: When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J86)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J86)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J86)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J86)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J86)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J86)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J86)
- smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J86)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J86)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code, where applicable, to identify: (from J86)
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J86)
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J86)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J86)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J86)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J86)
- tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J86)
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent. (from J86)
Code also
An additional code may be needed.
- , if applicable, disruption of internal operation (surgical) wound (T81.32-)
Also known as
- Bronchocutaneous fistula
- Bronchopleural fistula
- Hepatopleural fistula
- Mediastinal fistula
- Pleural fistula
- Thoracic fistula
- Any condition classifiable to J86.9 with fistula
- Abscess, chest, with fistula
- Abscess, peripleuritic, with fistula
- Abscess, pleura, with fistula
- Abscess, thorax, with fistula
- Empyema, with fistula
- Fistula, abdominothoracic
- Fistula, bronchial
- Fistula, bronchocutaneous, bronchomediastinal, bronchopleural, bronchopleuromediastinal
- Fistula, bronchoesophageal
- Fistula, bronchovisceral
- Fistula, chest
- Fistula, costal region
- Fistula, diaphragm
- Fistula, esophagobronchial
- Fistula, esophagopleural-cutaneous