J98.12: Total atelectasis
An area of your lungs is not being properly filled with air.
You need lungs to breath. When we breathe in, oxygen enters the lungs and accumulates in the blood. This blood then flows to the heart. The heart then pumps the oxygen-rich blood throughout the body. All of the organs are supplied with oxygen as a result.
We have 2 lungs. There is one lung on the left and one on the right in the chest. The lungs are connected to the nose and mouth via the bronchial tubes and windpipe (trachea).
The lungs consists of many small pulmonary alveoli. These are air sacs with a thin wall. Normally, they are filled with some air. There can be different reasons why the pulmonary alveoli contract or are compressed. This means these areas in the lungs can no longer be properly ventilated. This can result in a person being unable to take in as much oxygen as they normally would.
The pulmonary alveoli throughout one of your lungs have contracted or been compressed.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Source
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