Table 1.
Respiratory disease codes from the International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision (ICD-9)
| 518.5 | Pulmonary insufficiency following trauma and surgery |
| Adult respiratory distress syndrome | |
| Pulmonary insufficiency following: | |
| shock | |
| surgery | |
| trauma | |
| Shock lung | |
| Excludes: | |
| Adult respiratory distress syndrome associated | |
| with other conditions (518.82) | |
| Pneumonia: | |
| aspiration (507.0) | |
| hypostatic (514) | |
| Respiratory failure in other conditions (518.81) | |
| 518.81 | Respiratory failure |
| Respiratory failure: | |
| NOS | |
| acute and/or chronic | |
| Excludes: | |
| Acute respiratory distress (518.82) | |
| Respiratory arrest (799.1) | |
| Respiratory failure, newborn (770.8) | |
| 518.82 | Other pulmonary insufficiency, not elsewhere classified |
| Acute respiratory distress | |
| Acute respiratory insufficiency | |
| Adult respiratory distress syndrome (NEC) | |
| Excludes: | |
| Adult respiratory distress syndrome following trauma | |
| and surgery (518.5) | |
| Pulmonary insufficiency following trauma and | |
| surgery (518.5) | |
| Respiratory distress: | |
| NOS (786.09) | |
| newborn (770.8) | |
| syndrome, newborn (769) | |
| Shock lung (518.5) | |
| 96.70 | Continuous mechanical ventilation of unspecified duration |
| 96.71 | Continuous mechanical ventilation for < 96 h consecutively |
| 96.72 | Continuous mechanical ventilation for ≥96 h consecutively |
NOS = not otherwise specified; NEC = not elsewhere classified.