J93

Clinical Information

• A disorder characterized by abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung.

• Abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity.

• Accumulation of air or gas in the pleural space, which may occur spontaneously or as a result of trauma or a pathological process.

• An accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity, which may occur spontaneously or as a result of trauma or a pathological process. The gas may also be introduced deliberately during pneumothorax, artificial.

• Pneumothorax; abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung.

• J93.0

  Spontaneous tension pneumothorax

• J93.1

  Other spontaneous pneumothorax

• J93.11

  Primary spontaneous pneumothorax

• J93.12

  Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax

• J93.8

  Other pneumothorax and air leak

• J93.81

  Chronic pneumothorax

• J93.82

  Other air leak

• J93.83

  Other pneumothorax

• J93.9

  Pneumothorax, unspecified