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Specific code 2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 510.9
Empyema without fistula
  • Short description: EMPYEMA W/O FISTULA.
  • ICD-9-CM 510.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 510.9 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).
  • You are viewing the 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 510.9.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 510.9: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 510.9 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J86.9 Pyothorax without fistula
Approximate Synonyms
  • Empyema of pleura
  • Empyema, pleural
  • Pleural empyema
  • Pleural empyema (pus between lung and chest wall)
Applies To
  • Abscess:
    • pleura
    • thorax
  • Empyema (chest) (lung) (pleura)
  • Fibrinopurulent pleurisy
  • Pleurisy:
    • purulent
    • septic
    • seropurulent
    • suppurative
  • Pyopneumothorax
  • Pyothorax
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 510.9:
  • Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
    • peripleuritic 510.9
    • pleura 510.9
    • thorax 510.9
  • Empyema (chest) (diaphragmatic) (double) (encapsulated) (general) (interlobar) (lung) (medial) (necessitatis) (perforating chest wall) (pleura) (pneumococcal) (residual) (sacculated) (streptococcal) (supradiaphragmatic) 510.9
    • accessory sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
    • acute 510.9
    • antrum (chronic) (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0
    • brain (any part) (see also Abscess, brain) 324.0
    • ethmoidal (sinus) (chronic) (see also Sinusitis, ethmoidal) 473.2
    • extradural (see also Abscess, extradural) 324.9
    • frontal (sinus) (chronic) (see also Sinusitis, frontal) 473.1
    • gallbladder (see also Cholecystitis, acute) 575.0
    • mastoid (process) (acute) (see also Mastoiditis, acute) 383.00
    • maxilla, maxillary 526.4
      • sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0
    • nasal sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
    • sinus (accessory) (nasal) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
    • sphenoidal (chronic) (sinus) (see also Sinusitis, sphenoidal) 473.3
    • subarachnoid (see also Abscess, extradural) 324.9
    • subdural (see also Abscess, extradural) 324.9
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis, pleura) 012.0
    • ureter (see also Ureteritis) 593.89
    • ventricular (see also Abscess, brain) 324.0
  • 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
    • fibrinopurulent 510.9
    • fibropurulent 510.9
    • purulent 510.9
    • septic 510.9
    • seropurulent 510.9
    • suppurative 510.9
  • Pneumopyothorax (see also Pyopneumothorax) 510.9
  • Pyopneumothorax (infectional) 510.9
    • subdiaphragmatic (see also Peritonitis) 567.29
    • subphrenic (see also Peritonitis) 567.29
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis, pleura) 012.0
  • Pyothorax 510.9
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis, pleura) 012.0
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