Diagnosis Code

R91.8 OTHER NONSPECIFIC ABNORMAL FINDING OF LUNG FIELD


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R91.8

Short Description: Other nonspecific abnormal finding of lung field

Long Description: Other nonspecific abnormal finding of lung field

The code R91.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
    • Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging and in function studies, without diagnosis (R90-R94)
      • Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of lung (R91)
        • R91.8 Other nonspecific abnormal finding of lung field

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of lung
  • Air bronchogram
  • Bilateral lung opacities on chest X-ray
  • Bronchography abnormal
  • Bronchoscopy abnormal
  • Endoscopy abnormal
  • Finding of lung field
  • Finding of lung field
  • Finding of lung field
  • Ground glass opacity
  • Hilar mass
  • Imaging of lung abnormal
  • Imaging of lung consistent with tuberculosis
  • Increased lung tracer uptake
  • Increased markings
  • Increased vascular markings of lung
  • Lesion of lung
  • Lung field abnormal
  • Lung mass
  • Mass of right lower lobe of lung
  • Mottling
  • Mottling of lung
  • Multilobar lung infiltrate
  • Radiologic increased density of lung
  • Radiologic infiltrate
  • Radiologic infiltrate
  • Radiologic infiltrate
  • Radiologic infiltrate of lung
  • Radiologic opacity
  • Shadow
  • Shadow of lung
  • Single lobe lung infiltrate
  • Ultrasonography of lung abnormal

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R91.8 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Lung mass NOS found on diagnostic imaging of lung
    • Pulmonary infiltrate NOS
    • Shadow, lung

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R91.8 Right Arrow 793.19 Ot nonsp ab fnd lung fld

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
R91 Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of lung
R91.1 Solitary pulmonary nodule


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023