J86.9✓ Billable

Pyothorax without fistula

Inclusion Terms

•Abscess of pleura
•Abscess of thorax
•Empyema (chest) (lung) (pleura)
•Fibrinopurulent pleurisy
•Purulent pleurisy
•Pyopneumothorax
•Septic pleurisy
•Seropurulent pleurisy
•Suppurative pleurisy

Code Hierarchy

┌10Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)├J85-J86Suppurative and necrotic conditions of the lower respiratory tract (J85-J86)├J86Pyothorax

└J86.9Pyothorax without fistula

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