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87.49 - Other Chest X-ray


The ICD 9 Code for Other chest x-ray is listed as 87.49.
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: 87.49
Description: Other chest x-ray
Short Description: Chest x-ray NEC
Chapter: Miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
Subsection 1: Diagnostic radiology
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: BB0DZZZ - Plain Radiography of Upper Airways (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: BB12ZZZ - Fluoroscopy of Right Lung (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: BB13ZZZ - Fluoroscopy of Left Lung (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: BB14ZZZ - Fluoroscopy of Bilateral Lungs (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: BB16ZZZ - Fluoroscopy of Diaphragm (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: BB1CZZZ - Fluoroscopy of Mediastinum (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: BB1DZZZ - Fluoroscopy of Upper Airways (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 87.49:
87.41 - Computerized axial tomography of thorax
87.42 - Other tomography of thorax
87.43 - X-ray of ribs, sternum, and clavicle
87.44 - Routine chest x-ray, so described