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J70

Respiratory conditions due to other external agents

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 8 more specific codes instead:

  • J70.0 Acute pulmonary manifestations due to radiation
  • J70.1 Chronic and other pulmonary manifestations due to radiation
  • J70.2 Acute drug-induced interstitial lung disorders
  • J70.3 Chronic drug-induced interstitial lung disorders
  • J70.4 Drug-induced interstitial lung disorders, unspecified
  • J70.5 Respiratory conditions due to smoke inhalation
  • J70.8 Respiratory conditions due to other specified external agents
  • J70.9 Respiratory conditions due to unspecified external agent

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Respiratory conditions due to other external agents

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 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.-)