Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified

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 9 more specific codes instead:

J95.0 Tracheostomy complications (also a header)
J95.1 Acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery
J95.2 Acute pulmonary insufficiency following nonthoracic surgery
J95.3 Chronic pulmonary insufficiency following surgery
J95.4 Chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia
J95.5 Postprocedural subglottic stenosis
J95.6 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure complicating a procedure (also a header)
J95.7 Accidental puncture and laceration of a respiratory system organ or structure during a procedure (also a header)
J95.8 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified (also a header)

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 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, 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.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

aspiration pneumonia (J69.-)
emphysema (subcutaneous) resulting from a procedure (T81.82)
hypostatic pneumonia (J18.2)
pulmonary manifestations due to radiation (J70.0-J70.1)