J94

Other pleural conditions

Non-billable header

J94 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • 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.

  • pleurisy NOS (R09.1)
  • traumatic hemopneumothorax (S27.2)
  • traumatic hemothorax (S27.1)
  • tuberculous pleural conditions (current disease) (A15.-)

Excludes2

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

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

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

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

More specific codes J94

  • J94.0Chylous effusionBillable
  • J94.1FibrothoraxBillable
  • J94.2HemothoraxBillable
  • J94.8Other specified pleural conditionsBillable
  • J94.9Pleural condition, unspecifiedBillable

Related codes

  • J90Pleural effusion, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
  • J91Pleural effusion in conditions classified elsewhereHeader
  • J92Pleural plaqueHeader
  • J93Pneumothorax and air leakHeader

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