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Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 518.51
Acute respiratory failure following trauma and surgery
  • Short description: Ac resp flr fol trma/srg.
  • ICD-9-CM 518.51 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 518.51 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 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 518.51.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 518.51: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 518.51 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J95.821 Acute postprocedural respiratory failure
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J96.00 Acute respiratory failure, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia
Approximate Synonyms
  • Posttraumatic respiratory failure
518.51 Excludes
  • acute respiratory failure in other conditions (518.81)
Applies To
  • Respiratory failure, not otherwise specified, following trauma and surgery
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 518.51:
  • Failure, failed
  • Respiration
    • failure 518.81
      • acute 518.81
        • following trauma and surgery 518.51
      • acute and chronic 518.84
        • following trauma and surgery 518.53
      • chronic 518.83
      • following trauma and surgery 518.51
      • newborn 770.84
  • Respiratory - see also condition
    • failure 518.81
      • acute 518.81
        • following trauma and surgery 518.51
      • acute and chronic 518.84
        • following trauma and surgery 518.53
      • chronic 518.83
      • following trauma and surgery 518.51
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