518.81 - Acute Respiratory Failure
The ICD 9 Code for Acute respiratory failure is listed as 518.81.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 518.81 |
| Long Description: | Acute respiratory failure |
| Short Description: | Acute respiratry failure |
| Chapter: | Diseases Of The Respiratory System |
| Block: | Other Diseases Of Respiratory System (510-519) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | J96.00 - Acute respiratory failure, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | J96.90 - Respiratory failure, unspecified, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 518.81: | |
| 518.82 - Other pulmonary insufficiency, not elsewhere classified | |
| 518.83 - Chronic respiratory failure | |
| 518.84 - Acute and chronic respiratory failure | |
| 518.89 - Other diseases of lung, not elsewhere classified | |