1. J93 Pneumothorax and air leak

    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.-)
    1. J93.0 Spontaneous tension pneumothorax

    2. J93.1 Other spontaneous pneumothorax

      1. J93.11 Primary spontaneous pneumothorax

      2. J93.12 Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax

    3. J93.8 Other pneumothorax and air leak

      1. J93.81 Chronic pneumothorax

      2. J93.82 Other air leak

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Persistent air leak
      3. J93.83 Other pneumothorax

        Inclusion term(s):

        • Acute pneumothorax
        • Spontaneous pneumothorax NOS
    4. J93.9 Pneumothorax, unspecified

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Pneumothorax NOS
Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.