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2008 ICD-9-CM Procedure 34.09

Other incision of pleura
  • 34.09 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure
  • 34.09 contains 25 index entries
  • View the full ICD-9-CM Volume 3 34.* hierarchy

34.09 also known as:

  • Creation of pleural window for drainage
  • Intercostal stab
  • Open chest drainage

34.09 excludes:

  • thoracoscopy (34.21)
  • thoracotomy for collapse of lung (33.32)

Index entries containing 34.09:

Control
  • hemorrhage 39.98
    • chest 34.09
      • intrapleural 34.09
        • postoperative (recurrent) 34.03
        • pleura, pleural cavity 34.09
          • postoperative (recurrent) 34.03
          • thorax NEC 34.09
            • postoperative (recurrent) 34.03
          Creation -- see also Formation
          • pleural window, for drainage 34.09
            • window
              • pleura, for drainage 34.09
              Drainage
              • chest (closed) 34.04
                • open (by incision) 34.09
                • pleura (closed) 34.04
                  • open (by incision) 34.09
                  • thorax (closed) 34.04
                    • open (by incision) 34.09
                    Eloesser operation
                    • thoracostomy 34.09
                      Excision
                      • empyema pocket, lung 34.09
                        Exploration -- see also Incision
                        • pleura 34.09
                          Formation
                          • pleural window (for drainage) 34.09
                            • window
                              • pleural (for drainage) 34.09
                              Incision (and drainage)
                              • pleura NEC 34.09
                                Operation
                                • Eloesser
                                  • thoracostomy 34.09
                                  • window
                                    • pleural 34.09
                                    Pleurotomy 34.09
                                      Removal -- see also Excision
                                      • foreign body NEC -- see also Incision, by site 98.20
                                        • pleura (by incision) 34.09
                                          • thorax (by incision) 34.09
                                          Stab, intercostal 34.09
                                            Thoracectomy 34.09Thoracostomy 34.09Thoracotomy (with drainage) 34.09
                                            • as operative approach -- omit code
                                              • exploratory 34.02
                                                Window operation
                                                • pleura 34.09