Complication of respirator [ventilator]

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 3 more specific codes instead:

J95.850 Mechanical complication of respirator
J95.851 Ventilator associated pneumonia
J95.859 Other complication of respirator [ventilator]

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 Mechanical complication of respirator [ventilator]
FY2010 Removed from the draft draft
FY2012 Returned to the draft draft

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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
J95.81	Postprocedural pneumothorax and air leak	Not billable
J95.82	Postprocedural respiratory failure	Not billable
J95.83	Postprocedural hemorrhage of a respiratory system organ or structure following a procedure	Not billable
J95.84	Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)	Valid
J95.86	Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a respiratory system organ or structure following a procedure	Not billable
J95.87	Transfusion-associated dyspnea (TAD)	Valid
J95.88	Other intraoperative complications of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified	Valid
J95.89	Other postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified	Valid