Other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis in diseases classified elsewhere

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Billable FY2016 to FY2020, and a category header from FY2021.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

J84.170 Interstitial lung disease with progressive fibrotic phenotype in diseases classified elsewhere
J84.178 Other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis in diseases classified elsewhere

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis in diseases classified elsewhere
FY2021 Stopped being billable

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 J84 Other interstitial pulmonary diseases

Excludes1 - never coded here

drug-induced interstitial lung disorders (J70.2-J70.4)
interstitial emphysema (J98.2)

Excludes2 - not included here

lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)

Code also

, if applicable, associated condition

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
J84.10	Pulmonary fibrosis, unspecified	Valid
J84.11	Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia	Not billable