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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 518.1
Interstitial emphysema
- ICD-9-CM 518.1 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
518.1 Excludes 

Applies To
- Mediastinal emphysema
Convert 518.1 to ICD-10-CM 

ICD-9-CM 518.1 converts directly to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM J98.2 Interstitial emphysema
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 518.1:
- Air
anterior mediastinum 518.1
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
Hamman's (spontaneous mediastinal emphysema) 518.1
- Emphysema (atrophic) (centriacinar) (centrilobular) (chronic) (diffuse) (essential) (hypertrophic) (interlobular) (lung) (obstructive) (panlobular) (paracicatricial) (paracinar) (postural) (pulmonary) (senile) (subpleural) (traction) (unilateral) (unilobular) (vesicular) 492.8

mediastinal 518.1
fetus or newborn 770.2
- Hamman's disease or syndrome (spontaneous mediastinal emphysema) 518.1
- Pneumomediastinum 518.1
congenital 770.2
fetus or newborn 770.2
- Syndrome - see also Disease
Hamman's (spontaneous mediastinal emphysema) 518.1
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