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ICD-10-CM Code for Malignant pleural effusion J91.0

ICD-10 code J91.0 for Malignant pleural effusion is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the respiratory system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Malignant pleural effusion
Code first underlying neoplasm (C00-D49)

J91

Excludes2: pleural effusion in heart failure (I50.-)
pleural effusion in systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.13)

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