Preferred Label : Pyothorax with fistula;
ICD-11 definition : The existence of a fistula is suspected when chest radiographs show pleural air-fluid
levels and a patient produces more sputum than anticipated when the production of
sputum is position dependent. Adequate pleural drainage is particularly crucial in
a pyothorax.;
ICD-11 synonym : pleural empyema with fistula; empyema with thoracic fistula; empyema with fistula;
ICD-11 inclusion : hepatopulmonary fistula; chest fistula; pyopneumothorax fistula; lung fistula; thoracic abscess with fistula; thoracogastric fitula; oesophagotracheal fistula; bronchoesophageal fistula; hepatopleural fistula; thoracic fistula; thoracoabdominal fistula; pleural abscess with fistula; broncho-oesophageal fistula; bronchus fistula; mediastinal fistula; pulmonary fistula; mediastinobronchial fistula; fistula of costal region; tracheoesophageal fistula; bronchovisceral fistula; chest abscess with fistula; bronchopleural fistula; abdominothoracic fistula; mediastinum fistula; mediastinocutaneous fistula; thoracointestinal fitula; chest wall fistula; oesophagobronchial fistula; oesophagopleural-cutaneous fistula; bronchial fistula; pulmonoperitoneal fistula;
Origin ID : 607238524;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
The existence of a fistula is suspected when chest radiographs show pleural air-fluid
levels and a patient produces more sputum than anticipated when the production of
sputum is position dependent. Adequate pleural drainage is particularly crucial in
a pyothorax.
