J93.8

Other pneumothorax and air leak

Non-billable header

J93.8 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

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).

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

congenital or perinatal pneumothorax (P25.1) (from J93)
postprocedural air leak (J95.812) (from J93)
postprocedural pneumothorax (J95.811) (from J93)
traumatic pneumothorax (S27.0) (from J93)
tuberculous (current disease) pneumothorax (A15.-) (from J93)
pyopneumothorax (J86.-) (from J93)

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J93)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J93)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J93)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J93)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J93)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J93)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J93)
smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J93)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J93)

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

code, where applicable, to identify: (from J93)
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J93)
exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J93)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J93)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J93)
tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J93)
tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J93)