506.9 FUM/VAPOR RESP COND NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 506.9

Short Description: Fum/vapor resp cond NOS

Long Description: Unspecified respiratory conditions due to fumes and vapors

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519)
    • Pneumoconioses and other lung diseases due to external agents (500-508)
      • 506 Respiratory conditions due to chemical fumes and vapors
        • 506.9 Fum/vapor resp cond NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 506.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic) 493.9
    • meat-wrappers' 506.9
  • Condition - see also Disease
    • respiratory NEC 519.9
      • due to
        • fumes or vapors (chemical) inhalation 506.9
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • respiratory (tract) 519.9
      • due to
        • fumes or vapors 506.9
          • acute or subacute NEC 506.3
          • chronic 506.4
    • silo fillers' 506.9
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • respiration, respiratory NEC 519.9
      • due to
        • inhalation of fumes or vapors 506.9
  • Meat-wrappers' asthma 506.9
  • Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
    • airway NEC 519.8
      • due to
        • inhalation of fumes or vapors 506.9
  • Pneumoconiosis (due to) (inhalation of) 505
    • fumes or vapors (from silo) 506.9
  • Pneumonia (acute) (Alpenstich) (benign) (bilateral) (brain) (cerebral) (circumscribed) (congestive) (creeping) (delayed resolution) (double) (epidemic) (fever) (flash) (fulminant) (fungoid) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (incipient) (infantile) (infectious) (infiltration) (insular) (intermittent) (latent) (lobe) (migratory) (newborn) (organized) (overwhelming) (primary) (progressive) (pseudolobar) (purulent) (resolved) (secondary) (senile) (septic) (suppurative) (terminal) (true) (unresolved) (vesicular) 486
    • nitrogen dioxide 506.9
  • Silo fillers' disease 506.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 506.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
506.9 Right Arrow J68.9 Unsp resp cond due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
506.0 Bronchitis and pneumonitis due to fumes and vapors
506.1 Acute pulmonary edema due to fumes and vapors
506.2 Upper respiratory inflammation due to fumes and vapors
506.3 Other acute and subacute respiratory conditions due to fumes and vapors
506.4 Chronic respiratory conditions due to fumes and vapors


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014