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Specific code 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 510.0
Empyema with fistula
  • ICD-9-CM 510.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 510.0 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 2007 version of ICD-9-CM 510.0.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 510.0: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 510.0 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J86.0 Pyothorax with fistula
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acquired bronchopleural fistula
  • Empyema w bronchocutaneous fistula
  • Empyema w bronchopleural fistula
  • Empyema w fistula
  • Empyema w hepatopleural fistula
  • Empyema w mediastinal fistula
  • Empyema with bronchocutaneous fistula
  • Empyema with bronchopleural fistula
  • Empyema with fistula, bronchocutaneous
  • Empyema with fistula, bronchopleural
  • Empyema with fistula, hepatopleural
  • Empyema with fistula, mediastinal
  • Empyema with hepatopleural fistula
  • Empyema with mediastinal fistula
  • Pleural empyema with fistula (disorder)
Applies To
  • Fistula:
    • bronchocutaneous
    • bronchopleural
    • hepatopleural
    • mediastinal
    • pleural
    • thoracic
  • Any condition classifiable to 510.9 with fistula
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 510.0:
  • Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
    • peripleuritic 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • pleura 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • thorax 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
  • Discharge
    • sinus, from mediastinum 510.0
  • Empyema (chest) (diaphragmatic) (double) (encapsulated) (general) (interlobar) (lung) (medial) (necessitatis) (perforating chest wall) (pleura) (pneumococcal) (residual) (sacculated) (streptococcal) (supradiaphragmatic) 510.9
    • with fistula 510.0
    • acute 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
  • Fistula (sinus) 686.9
    • abdominothoracic 510.0
    • bronchial 510.0
    • bronchocutaneous, bronchomediastinal, bronchopleural, bronchopleuromediastinal (infective) 510.0
      • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 011.3
    • chest (wall) 510.0
    • costal region 510.0
    • diaphragm 510.0
      • bronchovisceral 510.0
      • pleuroperitoneal 510.0
      • pulmonoperitoneal 510.0
    • hepatopleural 510.0
    • hepatopulmonary 510.0
    • lung 510.0
    • mediastinal 510.0
    • mediastinobronchial 510.0
    • mediastinocutaneous 510.0
    • pleura, pleural, pleurocutaneous, pleuroperitoneal 510.0
      • stomach 510.0
      • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 012.0
    • pulmonary 510.0
      • arteriovenous 417.0
      • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis, pulmonary) 011.9
    • pulmonoperitoneal 510.0
    • thoracicoabdominal 510.0
    • thoracicogastric 510.0
    • thoracicointestinal 510.0
    • thoracoabdominal 510.0
    • thoracogastric 510.0
    • thorax 510.0
  • Pleurisy (acute) (adhesive) (chronic) (costal) (diaphragmatic) (double) (dry) (fetid) (fibrinous) (fibrous) (interlobar) (latent) (lung) (old) (plastic) (primary) (residual) (sicca) (sterile) (subacute) (unresolved) (with adherent pleura) 511.0
    • fibrinopurulent 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • fibropurulent 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • purulent 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • septic 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • seropurulent 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • suppurative 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
  • Pneumopyothorax (see also Pyopneumothorax) 510.9
    • with fistula 510.0
  • Pyopneumothorax (infectional) 510.9
    • with fistula 510.0
  • Pyothorax 510.9
    • with fistula 510.0
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