32997-50
The CPT code is 32997 and the icd-9-cm code is 508.2. The CPT code covers the unilateral, total lung lavage (wash) and the 508.2 is for the smoke inhalation.
32997
J70.5 is the best answer I could find
Treatment consists of periodic whole-lung lavage, a washing out of the phospholipids from the lung with a special tube placed in the trachea.
A procedure that involves repeatedly washing the inside of the bronchial tubes of the lung
Thoracotomy is the approach used and is not coded. Code for lobectomy, lung, complete, other is 32.49
crackles or rattling sound heard on the base of the lung .. bilateral ones usually suggesting mitral stenosis or left ventricular failure ..
A way of obtaining a sample of fluid from the airways by inserting a flexible tube through the windpipe. Used to diagnose the type of lung disease.
Your total lung capacity is the total volume of the lung after maximum inspiration. (average 6 litres).
32.49 icd 9 32480 cpt
Total lung volume equals Vital Capacity + Residual Volume.
Bilateral means on both sides, pulmonary means related to the lungs, and parenchymal means in the main tissue of the organ. Bilateral pulmonary parenchymal is a partial phrase meaning that whatever finding there was on the image was seen in the main part of the lung tissue on both the right and left.