Pulmonology Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Account Circumferential Collapse With 519.19
Published on Mon Jul 11, 2011
Question: Any suggestions for an ICD-9 code on "circumferential airway collapse"?
Connecticut Subscriber
Answer: Try the general category code 519.19 (Other diseases of trachea and bronchus). This code commonly applies to calcification of bronchus or trachea, stenosis of bronchus or trachea, and ulcer of bronchus or trachea.
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