Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 518.52
Other pulmonary insufficiency, not elsewhere classified, following trauma and surgery
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Ot pul insuf fol trm/srg.
  • ICD-9-CM 518.52 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 518.52 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 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 518.52.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 518.52: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 518.52 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J95.1 Acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J95.2 Acute pulmonary insufficiency following nonthoracic surgery
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J95.3 Chronic pulmonary insufficiency following surgery
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acute pulmonary insufficiency following nonthoracic surgery
  • Acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery
  • Adult respiratory distress syndrome
  • Chronic pulmonary insufficiency following surgery
  • Posttraumatic pulmonary insufficiency
  • Pulmonary insufficiency, posttrauma
518.52 Excludes
  • adult respiratory distress syndrome associated with other conditions (518.82)
  • aspiration pneumonia (507.0)
  • hypostatic pneumonia (514)
  • shock lung, not related to trauma or surgery (518.82)
Applies To
  • Adult respiratory distress syndrome
  • Pulmonary insufficiency following surgery
  • Pulmonary insufficiency following trauma
  • Shock lung related to trauma and surgery
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 518.52:
  • Complications
    • respiratory 519.9
      • device, implant or graft NEC 996.79
      • distress syndrome, adult, following trauma and surgery 518.52
      • insufficiency, acute, postoperative 518.52
      • postoperative NEC 997.39
      • therapy NEC 999.9
  • Congestion, congestive
    • lung 786.9
      • active or acute (see also Pneumonia) 486
      • chronic 514
      • hypostatic 514
      • idiopathic, acute 518.52
      • passive 514
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Woillez's (acute idiopathic pulmonary congestion) 518.52
  • Distress
    • respiratory 786.09
      • acute (adult) 518.82
      • adult syndrome (following trauma and surgery) 518.52
      • fetus or newborn 770.89
      • syndrome (idiopathic) (newborn) 769
  • Drowned, drowning (near) 994.1
    • lung 518.52
  • Insufficiency, insufficient
    • lung (acute) (see also Insufficiency, pulmonary) 518.82
      • following trauma and surgery 518.52
      • newborn 770.89
    • pulmonary (acute) 518.82
      • following
        • shock 518.52
        • surgery 518.52
        • trauma 518.52
      • newborn 770.89
      • valve (see also Endocarditis, pulmonary) 424.3
  • Respiratory - see also condition
    • distress 786.09
      • acute 518.82
      • fetus or newborn NEC 770.89
      • syndrome (newborn) 769
        • adult (following trauma and surgery) 518.52
  • Shock 785.50
    • lung 518.82
      • related to trauma and surgery 518.52
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • respiratory distress (idiopathic) (newborn) 769
      • adult (following trauma and surgery) 518.52
      • type II 770.6
    • wet
      • brain (alcoholic) 303.9
      • feet (maceration) (tropical) 991.4
      • lung
        • adult 518.52
        • newborn 770.6
  • Wet
    • lung (syndrome)
      • adult 518.52
      • newborn 770.6
  • Woillez's disease (acute idiopathic pulmonary congestion) 518.52
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