Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 506.1
Acute pulmonary edema due to fumes and vapors
  • Short description: Fum/vapor ac pulm edema.
  • ICD-9-CM 506.1 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 506.1 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 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 506.1.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 506.1: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 506.1 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J68.1 Pulmonary edema due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors
Approximate Synonyms
  • Pulmonary edema due to chemical fumes
506.1 Excludes
  • acute pulmonary edema NOS (518.4)
  • chronic or unspecified pulmonary edema (514)
Applies To
  • Chemical pulmonary edema (acute)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 506.1:
  • Edema, edematous 782.3
    • lung 514
      • acute 518.4
        • with heart disease or failure (see also Failure, ventricular, left) 428.1
        • chemical (due to fumes or vapors) 506.1
        • due to
          • external agent(s) NEC 508.9
          • fumes and vapors (chemical) (inhalation) 506.1
          • radiation 508.0
      • chemical (acute) 506.1
      • chronic 514
        • chemical (due to fumes or vapors) 506.4
        • due to
          • external agent(s) NEC 508.9
          • fumes or vapors (chemical) (inhalation) 506.4
          • radiation 508.1
      • due to
      • postoperative 518.4
      • terminal 514
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