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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 786.52
Painful respiration
  • ICD-9-CM 786.52 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 786.52 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 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 786.52.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 786.52: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 786.52 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R07.1 Chest pain on breathing
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R07.81 Pleurodynia
Approximate Synonyms
  • Anterior pleuritic pain
  • Breathing painful
  • Chest pain, pleuritic
  • Chest pain, pleuritic, anterior
  • Chest wall pain
  • Painful respiration (breathing), anterior chest wall
  • Painful respirations
  • Pleuritic chest pain
  • Pleuritic pain
786.52 Excludes
  • epidemic pleurodynia (074.1)
Applies To
  • Pain:
    • anterior chest wall
    • pleuritic
    • Pleurodynia
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 786.52:
  • Diaphragmalgia 786.52
  • Pain(s) (see also Painful) 780.96
    • costochondral 786.52
    • diaphragm 786.52
    • pleura, pleural, pleuritic 786.52
    • respiration 786.52
  • Painful - see also Pain
    • respiration 786.52
  • Pleuralgia 786.52
  • Pleurodynia 786.52
  • Prinzmetal-Massumi syndrome (anterior chest wall) 786.52
  • Respiration
    • painful 786.52
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • anterior
      • chest wall 786.52
      • compartment (tibial) 958.8
      • spinal artery 433.8
      • tibial (compartment) 958.8
    • chest wall 786.52
    • Prinzmetal-Massumi (anterior chest wall syndrome) 786.52
 786.51 ICD9Data.com 786.59 
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