ICD-9 Diagnosis Code 518.2
Compensatory emphysema
Diagnosis Code 518.2
ICD-9: 518.2
Short Description: Compensatory emphysema
Long Description: Compensatory emphysema
This is the 2014 version of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 518.2
Code Classification
Short Description: Compensatory emphysema
Long Description: Compensatory emphysema
This is the 2014 version of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 518.2
Code Classification
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Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519)
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Other diseases of respiratory system (510-519)
- 518 Other diseases of lung
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Other diseases of respiratory system (510-519)
Information for Medical Professionals
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General Equivalence Map
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
Index of Diseases and Injuries
References found for the code 518.2 in the Index of Diseases and Injuries:
General Equivalence MapThe ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- J98.3 - Compensatory emphysema
Index of Diseases and Injuries
References found for the code 518.2 in the Index of Diseases and Injuries:
- Emphysema (atrophic) (centriacinar) (centrilobular) (chronic) (diffuse) (essential) (hypertrophic) (interlobular) (lung) (obstructive) (panlobular) (paracicatricial) (paracinar) (postural) (pulmonary) (senile) (subpleural) (traction) (unilateral) (unilobular) (vesicular) 492.8
- compensatory 518.2
