Chylous effusion
Billable / specific
J94.0 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
- Chyliform effusion
Includes (from J94)
- 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 J94)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J94)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J94)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J94)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J94)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J94)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J94)
- smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J94)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J94)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code, where applicable, to identify: (from J94)
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J94)
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J94)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J94)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J94)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J94)
- tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J94)
Also known as
- Chyliform effusion
- Chylothorax
- Effusion, chylous, chyliform
- Effusion, pleura, pleurisy, pleuritic, pleuropericardial, chylous, chyliform
- Pleurisy, with effusion, chylous, chyliform
Parent code
- J94Other pleural conditionsHeader