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511.89 - Other Specified Forms Of Effusion, Except Tuberculous


The ICD 9 Code for Other specified forms of effusion, except tuberculous is listed as 511.89.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 511.89
Long Description: Other specified forms of effusion, except tuberculous
Short Description: Effusion NEC exc tb
Chapter: Diseases Of The Respiratory System
Block: Other Diseases Of Respiratory System (510-519)
Related Descriptions: Clotted hemothorax
Congenital chylothorax
Encysted pleurisy
Hemopneumothorax
Hemothorax
Hydropneumothorax
Hydrothorax
Intralipid pseudochylous effusion
Nontraumatic hemothorax
Pleural effusion due to congestive heart failure
Pneumochylothorax
Pseudochylothorax
Tension hydrothorax
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: J90 - Pleural effusion, not elsewhere classified (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: J94.2 - Hemothorax (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: J94.8 - Other specified pleural conditions (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 511.89:
511.81 - Malignant pleural effusion