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J95.4

Chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia [Mendelson's syndrome]
  2. FY2012 Draft description revised draft Chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia [Mendelson's syndrome] Chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia

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 J95 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified

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)

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.

Showing 40 of 67 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
J95.0 Tracheostomy complications Not billable
J95.1 Acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery Valid
J95.2 Acute pulmonary insufficiency following nonthoracic surgery Valid
J95.3 Chronic pulmonary insufficiency following surgery Valid
J95.5 Postprocedural subglottic stenosis Valid
J95.6 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure complicating a procedure Not billable
J95.7 Accidental puncture and laceration of a respiratory system organ or structure during a procedure Not billable
J95.8 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified Not billable