AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2011 Issue 4; VOLUMES 1 & 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Pneumothorax and Air Leak

Effective October 1, 2011, the title for category 512 has been revised to now include pneumothorax and air leak. A new code has been created to identify postoperative air leak (512.2). In addition, code 512.8 has been expanded and new codes created for primary spontaneous pneumothorax (512.81), secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (512.82), chronic pneumothorax (512.83), other air leak (512.84), and other pneumothorax (512.89). Prior to this change, “postoperative air leak” was indexed to code 512.1, Iatrogenic pneumothorax. A specific code for postoperative air leak has been created...

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