1. J94 Other pleural conditions

    Excludes1

    • pleurisy NOS (R09.1)
    • traumatic hemopneumothorax (S27.2)
    • traumatic hemothorax (S27.1)
    • tuberculous pleural conditions (current disease) (A15.-)
    1. J94.0 Chylous effusion

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Chyliform effusion
    2. J94.1 Fibrothorax

    3. J94.2 Hemothorax

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Hemopneumothorax
    4. J94.8 Other specified pleural conditions

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Hydropneumothorax
      • Hydrothorax
    5. J94.9 Pleural condition, unspecified

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.