(496)

Chronic airway obstruction, not elsewhere classified (496)

ICD-9 code 496 for Chronic airway obstruction, not elsewhere classified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND ALLIED CONDITIONS (490-496).

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