ICD-10-CM › J00-J99 › J85-J86 › J86 Pyothorax › J86.9
Pyothorax without fistula
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Pyothorax without fistula
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from J86 Pyothorax
Excludes1 - never coded here
- abscess of lung (J85.-)
- pyothorax due to tuberculosis (A15.6)
Use additional code
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Carbunculus
- Pleurorrhea
- Pleuritis sicca
- Pneumopyothorax
- Pleurisy > septic
- Pleurisy > serous
- Pleurisy > encysted
- Pleurisy > purulent
- Retraction > pleura
- Pleurisy > exudative
- Pleurisy > suppurative
- Pleurisy > seropurulent
- Pleurisy > serofibrinous
- Concato's disease > pleural
- Disease, diseased > Concato's > pleural
- Pleurisy > fibrinopurulent, fibropurulent
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > pleura
- Empyema
- Pyothorax
- Abscess > chest
- Pyopneumothorax
- Abscess > pleura
- Abscess > thorax
- Abscess > peripleuritic
- Pleurisy > staphylococcal
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| J86.0 | Pyothorax with fistula | Valid |