510.9 EMPYEMA W/O FISTULA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 510.9

Short Description: Empyema w/o fistula

Long Description: Empyema without mention of fistula

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519)
    • Other diseases of respiratory system (510-519)
      • 510 Empyema
        • 510.9 Empyema w/o fistula

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 510.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
    • chest 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
      • wall 682.2
    • peripleuritic 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • pleura 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • thorax 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
  • Empyema (chest) (diaphragmatic) (double) (encapsulated) (general) (interlobar) (lung) (medial) (necessitatis) (perforating chest wall) (pleura) (pneumococcal) (residual) (sacculated) (streptococcal) (supradiaphragmatic) 510.9
    • with fistula 510.0
    • accessory sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
    • acute 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • antrum (chronic) (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0
    • brain (any part) (see also Abscess, brain) 324.0
    • ethmoidal (sinus) (chronic) (see also Sinusitis, ethmoidal) 473.2
    • extradural (see also Abscess, extradural) 324.9
    • frontal (sinus) (chronic) (see also Sinusitis, frontal) 473.1
    • gallbladder (see also Cholecystitis, acute) 575.0
    • mastoid (process) (acute) (see also Mastoiditis, acute) 383.00
    • maxilla, maxillary 526.4
      • sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0
    • nasal sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
    • sinus (accessory) (nasal) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
    • sphenoidal (chronic) (sinus) (see also Sinusitis, sphenoidal) 473.3
    • subarachnoid (see also Abscess, extradural) 324.9
    • subdural (see also Abscess, extradural) 324.9
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis, pleura) 012.0
    • ureter (see also Ureteritis) 593.89
    • ventricular (see also Abscess, brain) 324.0
  • Pleurisy (acute) (adhesive) (chronic) (costal) (diaphragmatic) (double) (dry) (fetid) (fibrinous) (fibrous) (interlobar) (latent) (lung) (old) (plastic) (primary) (residual) (sicca) (sterile) (subacute) (unresolved) (with adherent pleura) 511.0
    • fibrinopurulent 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • fibropurulent 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • purulent 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • septic 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • seropurulent 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
    • suppurative 510.9
      • with fistula 510.0
  • Pneumopyothorax (see also Pyopneumothorax) 510.9
    • with fistula 510.0
  • Pyopneumothorax (infectional) 510.9
    • with fistula 510.0
    • subdiaphragmatic (see also Peritonitis) 567.29
    • subphrenic (see also Peritonitis) 567.29
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis, pleura) 012.0
  • Pyothorax 510.9
    • with fistula 510.0
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis, pleura) 012.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 510.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
510.9 Right Arrow J86.9 Pyothorax without fistula
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
510.0 Empyema with fistula


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