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ICD-10-CM Code for Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax J93.12

ICD-10 code J93.12 for Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the respiratory system .

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Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax
Code first underlying condition, such as:
catamenial pneumothorax due to endometriosis (N80.B-)
cystic fibrosis (E84.-)
eosinophilic pneumonia (J82.81-J82.82)
lymphangioleiomyomatosis (J84.81)
malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.-)
Marfan syndrome (Q87.4-)
pneumonia due to Pneumocystis carinii (B59)
secondary malignant neoplasm of lung (C78.0-)
spontaneous rupture of the esophagus (K22.3)

J93

Excludes1: congenital or perinatal pneumothorax (P25.1)
postprocedural air leak (J95.812)
postprocedural pneumothorax (J95.811)
traumatic pneumothorax (S27.0)
tuberculous (current disease) pneumothorax (A15.-)
pyopneumothorax (J86.-)

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