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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 508.9
Respiratory conditions due to unspecified external agent
- Short description: RESP COND: EXT AGENT NOS.
- ICD-9-CM 508.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
- You are viewing the 2008 version of ICD-9-CM 508.9.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 508.9: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013.
508.9 Alternative Terminology
- Aspiration into main bronchus
- Aspiration into respiratory tract
- Chronic chemical respiratory disease
- Drug-induced acute pulmonary edema
- Occupational lung disease
- Pneumonitis due to inhaled substance
- Weavers' cough
Convert 508.9 to ICD-10-CM 

ICD-9-CM 508.9 converts directly to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM J70.9 Respiratory conditions due to unspecified external agent
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 508.9:
- Condition - see also Disease
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- Disorder - see also Disease
- Edema, edematous 782.3

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