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2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 807.4

Flail chest

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  • A complication of multiple rib fractures, rib and sternum fractures, or thoracic surgery. A portion of the chest wall becomes isolated from the thoracic cage and exhibits paradoxical respiration.
  • 807.4 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 807.4 contains 3 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 807.* hierarchy

Index entries containing 807.4:

FlailFracture (abduction) (adduction) (avulsion) (compression) (crush) (dislocation) (oblique) (separation) (closed) 829.0
  • with flail chest (open) 807.4
  • sternum (closed) 807.2
    • with flail chest (open) 807.4