Specific code 2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 513.0
Abscess of lung
  • ICD-9-CM 513.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 513.0 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 2011 version of ICD-9-CM 513.0.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 513.0: 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 513.0 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J85.0 Gangrene and necrosis of lung
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J85.1 Abscess of lung with pneumonia
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J85.2 Abscess of lung without pneumonia
Approximate Synonyms
  • Abscess of lung with pneumonia
  • Lung abscess
  • Lung abscess w pneumonia
  • Lung abscess with pneumonia
  • Pulmonary gangrene
  • Pulmonary necrosis
Applies To
  • Abscess (multiple) of lung
  • Gangrenous or necrotic pneumonia
  • Pulmonary gangrene or necrosis
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 513.0:
  • Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
    • lung (miliary) (putrid) 513.0
      • amebic (with liver abscess) 006.4
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • Gangrene, gangrenous (anemia) (artery) (cellulitis) (dermatitis) (dry) (infective) (moist) (pemphigus) (septic) (skin) (stasis) (ulcer) 785.4
    • lung 513.0
    • pneumonia 513.0
    • pulmonary 513.0
  • Necrosis, necrotic
    • lung 513.0
    • pneumonia 513.0
    • pulmonary 513.0
  • Pneumonia (acute) (Alpenstich) (benign) (bilateral) (brain) (cerebral) (circumscribed) (congestive) (creeping) (delayed resolution) (double) (epidemic) (fever) (flash) (fulminant) (fungoid) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (incipient) (infantile) (infectious) (infiltration) (insular) (intermittent) (latent) (lobe) (migratory) (newborn) (organized) (overwhelming) (primary) (progressive) (pseudolobar) (purulent) (resolved) (secondary) (senile) (septic) (suppurative) (terminal) (true) (unresolved) (vesicular) 486
    • gangrenous 513.0
    • necrotic 513.0
  • Suppuration, suppurative - see also condition
    • lung 513.0
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