ICD-10-CM › J00-J99 › J40-J4B › J43 Emphysema › J43.9
Emphysema, unspecified
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Emphysema, unspecified
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from J43 Emphysema
Excludes1 - never coded here
- compensatory emphysema (J98.3)
- interstitial emphysema (J98.2)
- mediastinal emphysema (J98.2)
- neonatal interstitial emphysema (P25.0)
- surgical (subcutaneous) emphysema (T81.82)
Excludes2 - not included here
- emphysema due to inhalation of chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors (J68.4)
- emphysema with chronic (obstructive) bronchitis (J44.-)
- emphysematous (obstructive) bronchitis (J44.-)
- traumatic subcutaneous emphysema (T79.7)
Inherited from the J40-J4B section Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J4B)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- bronchitis due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors (J68.0)
Excludes2 - not included here
- cystic fibrosis (E84.-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Lump
- Icterus
- Cholemia
- Retained
- Impervious
- Imperforate
- Yellow > jaundice
- Absence > congenital > lumen
- Disease, diseased > pulmonary
- Valve, valvular > congenital NEC
- Blind > tract or tube, congenital NEC
- Stricture > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Constriction > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Obliteration > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Block, blocked > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Stenosis, stenotic > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Occlusion, occluded > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Strangulation, strangulated > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Emphysema
- Bleb > lung
- Bulla > lung
- Bleb > subpleural
- Bleb > emphysematous
- Cyst > lung > giant bullous
- Disease, diseased > lung > obstructive > with > emphysema
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > airway > with > emphysema
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| J43.0 | Unilateral pulmonary emphysema [MacLeod's syndrome] | Valid |
| J43.1 | Panlobular emphysema | Valid |
| J43.2 | Centrilobular emphysema | Valid |
| J43.8 | Other emphysema | Valid |