J94.8 Other specified pleural conditions

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Hydropneumothorax
• Hydrothorax

Applies from J94 Other pleural conditions

Excludes1 (never code together)

• pleurisy NOS (R09.1)
• traumatic hemopneumothorax (S27.2)
• traumatic hemothorax (S27.1)
• tuberculous pleural conditions (current disease) (A15.-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 186-188 in MDC 04.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 511.0 Pleurisy without mention of effusion or current tuberculosis (approximate)
• 511.89 Other specified forms of effusion, except tuberculous (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to J94.8

Back-references to J94.8

• Type 1 Excludes: R60 Edema, not elsewhere classified ("hydrothorax (J94.8)")

Diagnosis Index entries for J94.8

• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › pleura, pleuritic
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › pleuropericardial
• Calcification › pleura
• Calcification › pleura › postinfectional
• Congestion, congestive › pleural
• Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention) › pleura
• Disease, diseased › pleura (cavity) › specified NEC
• Fluid › chest
• Fluid › pleural cavity
• Hydropneumothorax
• Hydrothorax (double) (pleura)
• Water › on › chest

Nearby codes

• J94 Other pleural conditions
• J94.0 Chylous effusion
• J94.1 Fibrothorax
• J94.2 Hemothorax
• J94.8 Other specified pleural conditions (this code)
• J94.9 Pleural condition, unspecified