Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 507.8
Pneumonitis due to other solids and liquids
  • Short description: Solid/liq pneumonit NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 507.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 507.8 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).
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  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 507.8: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 507.8 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J69.8 Pneumonitis due to inhalation of other solids and liquids
Approximate Synonyms
  • Aspiration pneumonia, liquids
  • Aspiration pneumonia, solids
  • Asthma due to detergent
  • Detergent asthma
  • Foreign body pneumonia
  • Pneumonitis due to inhaled liquid
  • Pneumonitis due to inhaled solid
  • Pneumonitis due to liquids
  • Pneumonitis due to solids
  • Pulmonary aspiration of blood
Applies To
  • Detergent asthma
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 507.8:
  • Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic) 493.9
    • detergent 507.8
    • due to
      • detergent 507.8
      • inhalation of fumes 506.3
      • internal immunological process 493.0
  • Detergent asthma 507.8
  • 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
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) (see also Pneumonia) 486
    • due to
      • crack (cocaine) 506.0
      • fumes or vapors 506.0
      • inhalation
        • food (regurgitated), milk, vomitus 507.0
        • oils, essences 507.1
        • saliva 507.0
        • solids, liquids NEC 507.8
      • toxoplasmosis (acquired) 130.4
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