2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R91.8
Other nonspecific abnormal finding of lung field
- ICD-10-CM:
- R91.8
- Short Description:
- Other nonspecific abnormal finding of lung field
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
R91.8 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other nonspecific abnormal finding of lung field. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
According to ICD-10-CM guidelines this code should not to be used as a principal diagnosis code when a related definitive diagnosis has been established.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of lung
- Air bronchogram
- Bilateral lung opacities on chest X-ray
- Bronchography abnormal
- Bronchoscopy abnormal
- Endoscopy abnormal
- Finding of lung field
- Finding of lung field
- Finding of lung field
- Ground glass opacity
- Hilar mass
- Imaging of lung abnormal
- Imaging of lung consistent with tuberculosis
- Increased lung tracer uptake
- Increased markings
- Increased vascular markings of lung
- Lesion of lung
- Lung field abnormal
- Lung mass
- Mass of right lower lobe of lung
- Mottling
- Mottling of lung
- Multilobar lung infiltrate
- Radiologic increased density of lung
- Radiologic infiltrate
- Radiologic infiltrate
- Radiologic infiltrate
- Radiologic infiltrate of lung
- Radiologic opacity
- Shadow
- Shadow of lung
- Single lobe lung infiltrate
- Ultrasonography of lung abnormal
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Lung mass NOS found on diagnostic imaging of lung
- Pulmonary infiltrate NOS
- Shadow, lung
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).
- - Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - See Also: Anomaly;
- - diagnostic imaging
- - lung (field) - R91.8
- - diagnostic imaging
- - Infiltrate, infiltration
- - lung - R91.8
- - on chest x-ray - R91.8
- - pulmonary - R91.8
- - Shadow, lung - R91.8
Convert to ICD-9-CM Code
| Source ICD-10-CM Code | Target ICD-9-CM Code | |
|---|---|---|
| R91.8 | 793.19 - Ot nonsp ab fnd lung fld |
Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.