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518.84 - Acute And Chronic Respiratory Failure


The ICD 9 Code for Acute and chronic respiratory failure is listed as 518.84.
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: 518.84
Long Description: Acute and chronic respiratory failure
Short Description: Acute & chronc resp fail
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: J96.20 - Acute and chronic respiratory failure, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 518.84:
518.81 - Acute respiratory failure
518.82 - Other pulmonary insufficiency, not elsewhere classified
518.83 - Chronic respiratory failure
518.89 - Other diseases of lung, not elsewhere classified