Other pneumothorax and air leak

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

J93.81 Chronic pneumothorax
J93.82 Other air leak
J93.83 Other pneumothorax

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 Other pneumothorax
FY2012 Draft description revised draft ~~Other pneumothorax~~ Other pneumothorax and air leak

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 J93 Pneumothorax and air leak

Excludes1 - never coded here

congenital or perinatal pneumothorax (P25.1)
postprocedural air leak (J95.812)
postprocedural pneumothorax (J95.811)
traumatic pneumothorax (S27.0)
tuberculous (current disease) pneumothorax (A15.-)
pyopneumothorax (J86.-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
J93.0	Spontaneous tension pneumothorax	Valid
J93.1	Other spontaneous pneumothorax	Not billable
J93.9	Pneumothorax, unspecified	Valid