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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Pharmacother. 2012 Nov 20;46(12):1598–1608. doi: 10.1345/aph.1R430

Table 1.2.

ICD-9 codes for exclusions of asthma cases 1 year before the index date (used along with table 1.1)

Code Description
786.05 Shortness of breath
786.07 Wheezing
786.2x Cough
786.09 Other respiratory distress, insufficiency
162 Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus,
and lung
209.21 malignant carcinoid tumor of bronchus
231.2 Carcinoma in situ of respiratory system:
Bronchus and lung
V10.11 Personal history of malignant
neoplasm: Bronchus and lung
996.84 Complications of transplanted organ:
Lung
V426 Organ or tissue replaced by transplant:
Lung
32850, 32851,
32852, 32854
Lung transplant CPT codes