ICD-10-CM › J00-J99 › J60-J70 › J68 Respiratory conditions due to... › J68.2
Upper respiratory inflammation due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors, not elsewhere classified
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 Upper respiratory inflammation due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors, not elsewhere classified
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 J68 Respiratory conditions due to inhalation of chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors
Use additional code
- code to identify associated respiratory conditions, such as:
- acute respiratory failure (J96.0-)
Code first
- (T51-T65) to identify cause
Inherited from the J60-J70 section Lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)
Excludes2 - not included here
- asthma (J45.-)
- malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.-)
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.
- Node
- Swollen
- Glottitis
- Tumefaction
- Hypopharyngitis
- Laryngitis > with > tracheitis
- Congestion, congestive > trachea
- Laryngitis > due to external agent
- Tracheitis > due to external agent
- Laryngotracheitis > due to external agent
- Laryngopharyngitis > due to external agent
- Tracheopharyngitis > due to external agent
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > larynx
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > glottis
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > trachea
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > laryngitis
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > laryngitis
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > respiratory, upper > due to > chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| J68.0 | Bronchitis and pneumonitis due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors | Valid |
| J68.1 | Pulmonary edema due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors | Valid |
| J68.3 | Other acute and subacute respiratory conditions due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors | Valid |
| J68.4 | Chronic respiratory conditions due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors | Valid |
| J68.8 | Other respiratory conditions due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors | Valid |
| J68.9 | Unspecified respiratory condition due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors | Valid |