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Specific code 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 511.8
Other specified forms of pleural effusion except tuberculous
  • Short description: PLEURAL EFFUS NEC NOT TB.
  • ICD-9-CM 511.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 511.8 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
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511.8 Excludes
Applies To
  • Encysted pleurisy
  • Hemopneumothorax
  • Hemothorax
  • Hydropneumothorax
  • Hydrothorax
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 511.8:
  • Fluid
    • lung - see also Edema, lung
      • encysted 511.8
  • Hematopneumothorax (see also Hemothorax) 511.8
  • Hematothorax (see also Hemothorax) 511.8
  • Hemopneumothorax (see also Hemothorax) 511.8
  • Hemothorax 511.8
    • bacterial, nontuberculous 511.1
    • nontuberculous 511.8
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis, pleura) 012.0
  • Hydrohematopneumothorax (see also Hemothorax) 511.8
  • Hydropneumohemothorax (see also Hemothorax) 511.8
  • Hydropneumothorax 511.8
    • nontuberculous 511.8
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis, pleura) 012.0
  • Hydrops 782.3
    • pleura (see also Hydrothorax) 511.8
  • Hydrothorax (double) (pleural) 511.8
    • chylous (nonfilarial) 457.8
      • filaria (see also Infestation, filarial) 125.9
    • nontuberculous 511.8
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis, pleura) 012.0
  • Pleurisy (acute) (adhesive) (chronic) (costal) (diaphragmatic) (double) (dry) (fetid) (fibrinous) (fibrous) (interlobar) (latent) (lung) (old) (plastic) (primary) (residual) (sicca) (sterile) (subacute) (unresolved) (with adherent pleura) 511.0
    • with
      • effusion (without mention of cause) 511.9
        • bacterial, nontuberculous 511.1
        • nontuberculous NEC 511.9
        • pneumococcal 511.1
        • specified type NEC 511.8
        • staphylococcal 511.1
        • streptococcal 511.1
        • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis, pleura) 012.0
          • primary, progressive 010.1
      • influenza, flu, or grippe 487.1
      • tuberculosis - see Pleurisy, tuberculous
    • encysted 511.8
    • hemorrhagic 511.8
  • Pleurorrhea (see also Hydrothorax) 511.8
  • Pneumohemothorax (see also Hemothorax) 511.8
  • Pneumohydrothorax (see also Hydrothorax) 511.8
  • Water
    • on
      • brain - see Hydrocephalus
      • chest 511.8
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