515 POSTINFLAM PULM FIBROSIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 515

Short Description: Postinflam pulm fibrosis

Long Description: Postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519)
    • Other diseases of respiratory system (510-519)
      • 515 Postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis
        • 515 Postinflam pulm fibrosis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 515 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic 571.5
    • lung (chronic) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • pulmonary (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • lung NEC 518.89
      • fibroid (chronic) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
      • interstitial (chronic) 515
        • acute 136.3
        • respiratory bronchiolitis 516.34
  • Fibroid (tumor) (M8890/0) - see also Neoplasm, connective tissue, benign
    • disease, lung (chronic) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • induration, lung (chronic) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • lung (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • pneumonia (chronic) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic
    • capillary - see also Arteriosclerosis
      • lung (chronic) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • lung (atrophic) (capillary) (chronic) (confluent) (massive) (perialveolar) (peribronchial) 515
      • with
        • anthracosilicosis (occupational) 500
        • anthracosis (occupational) 500
        • asbestosis (occupational) 501
        • bagassosis (occupational) 495.1
        • bauxite 503
        • berylliosis (occupational) 503
        • byssinosis (occupational) 504
        • calcicosis (occupational) 502
        • chalicosis (occupational) 502
        • dust reticulation (occupational) 504
        • farmers' lung 495.0
        • gannister disease (occupational) 502
        • graphite 503
        • pneumonoconiosis (occupational) 505
        • pneumosiderosis (occupational) 503
        • siderosis (occupational) 503
        • silicosis (occupational) 502
        • tuberculosis (see also Tuberculosis) 011.4
      • diffuse (idiopathic) (interstitial) 516.31
      • due to
        • bauxite 503
        • fumes or vapors (chemical) (inhalation) 506.4
        • graphite 503
      • following radiation 508.1
      • postinflammatory 515
      • silicotic (massive) (occupational) 502
      • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 011.4
    • pulmonary (chronic) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
      • alveolar capillary block 516.8
      • idiopathic 516.31
      • interstitial
        • diffuse (idiopathic) 516.31
        • newborn 770.7
  • Granuloma NEC 686.1
    • lung (infectious) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
      • coccidioidal 114.4
      • eosinophilic 277.89
  • Hepatization, lung (acute) - see also Pneumonia, lobar
    • chronic (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
  • Induration, indurated
    • lung (black) (brown) (chronic) (fibroid) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
      • essential brown 275.09 [516.1]
  • Pleuropneumonia (acute) (bilateral) (double) (septic) (see also Pneumonia) 486
    • chronic (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
  • 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
    • broncho-, bronchial (confluent) (croupous) (diffuse) (disseminated) (hemorrhagic) (involving lobes) (lobar) (terminal) 485
      • chronic (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • chronic (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • cirrhotic (chronic) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • fibroid (chronic) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • fibrous (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • interstitial 516.8
      • chronic (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • lobar (diplococcal) (disseminated) (double) (interstitial) (pneumococcal, any type) 481
      • chronic (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • parenchymatous (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) (see also Pneumonia) 486
    • chronic (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • interstitial (chronic) (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
      • acute 516.33
      • idiopathic
        • lymphocytic 516.35
        • non-specific 516.32
      • lymphoid 516.8
  • Sclerosis, sclerotic
    • lung (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
    • pulmonary (see also Fibrosis, lung) 515
      • artery 416.0
      • valve (heart) (see also Endocarditis, pulmonary) 424.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 515 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
515 Right Arrow J84.10 Pulmonary fibrosis, unspecified
J84.89 Other specified interstitial pulmonary diseases
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.

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