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Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 500
Coal workers' pneumoconiosis
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
  • Adult Only Dx (15-124 years)

  • ICD-9-CM 500 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 500 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 500 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J60 Coalworker's pneumoconiosis
Approximate Synonyms
  • Anthracosis
Clinical Information
  • A chronic lung disorder characterized by deposition of coal dust in the lung parenchyma leading to the formation of black nodules and emphysema. It occurs in coal miners
  • A diffuse parenchymal lung disease caused by accumulation of inhaled carbon or coal dust. The disease can progress from asymptomatic anthracosis to massive lung fibrosis. This lung lesion usually occurs in coal miners, but can be seen in urban dwellers and tobacco smokers
Applies To
  • Anthracosilicosis
  • Anthracosis
  • Black lung disease
  • Coal workers' lung
  • Miners' asthma
ICD-9-CM Coding Information
  • 500 is only applicable to adult patients aged 15 - 124 years inclusive.
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 500:
  • Anthracosilicosis (occupational) 500
  • Anthracosis (lung) (occupational) 500
  • Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic) 493.9
    • Colliers' 500
    • miners' 500
  • Black
    • lung disease 500
  • Coal miners'
    • lung 500
  • Coal workers' lung or pneumoconiosis 500
  • Colliers'
    • asthma 500
    • lung 500
  • Complaint - see also Disease
    • miners' 500
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • black lung 500
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic
    • lung (atrophic) (capillary) (chronic) (confluent) (massive) (perialveolar) (peribronchial) 515
      • with
        • anthracosilicosis (occupational) 500
        • anthracosis (occupational) 500
        • asbestosis (occupational) 501
        • bagassosis (occupational) 495.1
        • bauxite 503
        • berylliosis (occupational) 503
        • byssinosis (occupational) 504
        • calcicosis (occupational) 502
        • chalicosis (occupational) 502
        • dust reticulation (occupational) 504
        • farmers' lung 495.0
        • gannister disease (occupational) 502
        • graphite 503
        • pneumonoconiosis (occupational) 505
        • pneumosiderosis (occupational) 503
        • siderosis (occupational) 503
        • silicosis (occupational) 502
        • tuberculosis (see also Tuberculosis) 011.4
      • diffuse (idiopathic) (interstitial) 516.31
      • due to
        • bauxite 503
        • fumes or vapors (chemical) (inhalation) 506.4
        • graphite 503
      • following radiation 508.1
      • postinflammatory 515
      • silicotic (massive) (occupational) 502
      • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 011.4
  • Lymphadenitis 289.3
    • due to
      • anthracosis (occupational) 500
      • Brugia (Wuchereria) malayi 125.1
      • diphtheria (toxin) 032.89
      • lymphogranuloma venereum 099.1
      • Wuchereria bancrofti 125.0
  • Miners' - see also condition
    • asthma 500
    • lung 500
  • Pneumoconiosis (due to) (inhalation of) 505
    • coal
      • miners' (simple) 500
      • workers' (simple) 500
    • silica NEC 502
      • and carbon 500
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • black lung 500
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