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33.32 - Artificial Pneumothorax For Collapse Of Lung


The ICD 9 Code for Artificial pneumothorax for collapse of lung is listed as 33.32.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 33.32
Description: Artificial pneumothorax for collapse of lung
Short Description: Pnemothorax-lung collaps
Chapter: Operations on the respiratory system
Subsection 1: Other operations on lung and bronchus
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 3E0L3SF - Introduction of Other Gas into Pleural Cavity, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 3E0L7SF - Introduction of Other Gas into Pleural Cavity, Via Natural or Artificial Opening (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 33.32:
33.31 - Destruction of phrenic nerve for collapse of lung
33.33 - Pneumoperitoneum for collapse of lung
33.34 - Thoracoplasty
33.39 - Other surgical collapse of lung