ICD-10-CM Code J94
Other pleural conditions
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code J94 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the five child codes of J94 that describes the diagnosis 'other pleural conditions' in more detail.
- J94 Other pleural conditions NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE J94.0 Chylous effusion
- BILLABLE J94.1 Fibrothorax
- BILLABLE J94.2 Hemothorax
- BILLABLE J94.8 Other specified pleural conditions
- BILLABLE J94.9 Pleural condition, unspecified
Coding Notes for J94 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Pleurisy NOS - instead, use code R09.1
- Traumatic hemopneumothorax - instead, use code S27.2
- Traumatic hemothorax - instead, use code S27.1
- Tuberculous pleural conditions (current disease) - instead, use code A15.-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'J94 - Other pleural conditions'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code J94. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.