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J4B

Pulmonary mycetoma

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2027 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2027 to now.

  1. FY2027 Added to the code set Pulmonary mycetoma

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.

This code

Code also

  • , if known, associated infection, such as:
  • aspergillosis (B44.-)
  • chronic pulmonary coccidioidomycosis (B38.1)
  • pulmonary candidiasis (B37.1)

Also known as

  • Pulmonary fungal ball

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.