Chronic respiratory conditions due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Chronic respiratory conditions due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors

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.

Cold > chest
Cold > on lung
Fibroid > lung
Cold > bronchial
Granuloma > lung
Tracheobronchitis
Fibroid > pneumonia
Effusion > bronchial
Bronchitis > croupous
Bronchitis > subacute
Pneumonia > cirrhotic
Pneumonitis > chronic
Bronchitis > exudative
Irritation > bronchial
Fibroid > disease, lung
Laryngotracheobronchitis
Catarrh, catarrhal > lung
Pleuropneumonia > chronic
Bronchiolitis > obliterans
Catarrh, catarrhal > chest
Fibroid > induration, lung
Pneumonia > parenchymatous
Pneumonia > lobar > chronic
Sclerosis, sclerotic > lung
Induration, indurated > lung
Pneumonia > fibroid, fibrous
Bronchitis > catarrhal > acute
Catarrh, catarrhal > bronchial
Catarrh, catarrhal > pulmonary
Fibrosis, fibrotic > pulmonary
Congestion, congestive > trachea
Sclerosis, sclerotic > pulmonary
Bronchitis > under l5 years of age
Disease, diseased > lung > fibroid
Stasis > bronchus > with infection
Irritable, irritability > bronchial
Syndrome > bronchiolitis obliterans
Fibrosis, fibrotic > capillary > lung
Syndrome > obliterans > bronchiolitis
Bronchiolitis > due to > external agent

Showing 40 of 68 index phrases.

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
J68.2	Upper respiratory inflammation due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors, not elsewhere classified	Valid
J68.3	Other acute and subacute 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