 2007 ICD-9-CM Procedure 93.9
Respiratory therapy
- (RES-pih-ra-tor-ee) Exercises and treatments that help improve or restore lung function.
- Care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with the cardiopulmonary system. It includes the therapeutic use of medical gases and their administrative apparatus, environmental control systems, humidification, aerosols, ventilatory support, bronchopulmonary drainage and exercise, respiratory rehabilitation, assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and maintenance of natural, artificial, and mechanical airways.
- 93.9 is a non-specific code that should not be used to specify a procedure
- View the full Volume 3 93.* hierarchy
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