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2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 496
Chronic airway obstruction not elsewhere classified
- chronic, irreversible obstruction of air flow from the lungs.
- Short description: Chr airway obstruct NEC.
- ICD-9-CM 496 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
- You are viewing the 2011 version of ICD-9-CM 496.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 496: 2012 2013.
496 Alternative Terminology
- Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways disease
- Chronic obstructive lung disease
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection
- End stage chronic obstructive airways disease
- Mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
496 Excludes 
Applies To
- Chronic:
- nonspecific lung disease
- obstructive lung disease
- obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD] NOS
Note
Convert 496 to ICD-10-CM
ICD-9-CM 496 converts approximately to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM J44.9 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 496:
- Bronchorrhea (chronic) (purulent) 491.0
acute 466.0
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
lung NEC 518.89
black 500- congenital 748.60
- cystic 518.89
- congenital 748.4
- fibroid (chronic) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
- fluke 121.2
- oriental 121.2
- in
- interstitial (chronic) 515
- acute 136.3
- nonspecific, chronic 496
- obstructive (chronic) (COPD) 496
- polycystic 518.89
- purulent (cavitary) 513.0
- restrictive 518.89
- rheumatoid 714.81
- diffuse interstitial 714.81
- specified NEC 518.89
- pulmonary - see also Disease, lung
- DOPS (diffuse obstructive pulmonary syndrome) 496
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
- airway NEC 519.8
- with
- chronic 496
- due to
- lung 518.89
- respiratory 519.8
chronic 496
- Syndrome - see also Disease
- diffuse obstructive pulmonary 496
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