2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 518.81
Acute respiratory failure
- respiratory function fails to maintain adequate oxygen supply and carbon dioxide removal.
- Short description: Acute respiratry failure.
- ICD-9-CM 518.81 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
- You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 518.81.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 518.81: 2013.
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