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Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (500)

ICD-9 code 500 for Coal workers' pneumoconiosis is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -PNEUMOCONIOSES AND OTHER LUNG DISEASES DUE TO EXTERNAL AGENTS (500-508).

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