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34.52 - Thoracoscopic Decortication Of Lung


The ICD 9 Code for Thoracoscopic decortication of lung is listed as 34.52.
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: 34.52
Description: Thoracoscopic decortication of lung
Short Description: Thoracoscopc decort 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: 0BDN4ZX - Extraction of Right Pleura, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BDN4ZZ - Extraction of Right Pleura, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BDP4ZX - Extraction of Left Pleura, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0BDP4ZZ - Extraction of Left Pleura, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 34.52:
34.51 - Decortication of lung
34.59 - Other excision of pleura