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34.51 - Decortication Of Lung


The ICD 9 Code for Decortication of lung is listed as 34.51.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 34.51
Description: Decortication of lung
Short Description: Decortication of lung
Chapter: Operations on the respiratory system
Subsection 1: Operations on chest wall, pleura, mediastinum, and diaphragm
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BDN0ZX - Extraction of Right Pleura, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BDN0ZZ - Extraction of Right Pleura, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BDN3ZX - Extraction of Right Pleura, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BDN3ZZ - Extraction of Right Pleura, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BDP0ZX - Extraction of Left Pleura, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BDP0ZZ - Extraction of Left Pleura, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BDP3ZX - Extraction of Left Pleura, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BDP3ZZ - Extraction of Left Pleura, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 34.51:
34.52 - Thoracoscopic decortication of lung
34.59 - Other excision of pleura