ICD-10-CM › J00-J99 › J96-J99 › J96.1 Chronic respiratory failure › J96.12
Chronic respiratory failure with hypercapnia
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2011 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.
- FY2011 Added to the draft code set draft Chronic respiratory failure with hypercapnia
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 J96 Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified
Excludes1 - never coded here
- acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
- cardiorespiratory failure (R09.2)
- newborn respiratory distress syndrome (P22.0)
- postprocedural respiratory failure (J95.82-)
- respiratory arrest (R09.2)
- respiratory arrest of newborn (P28.81)
- respiratory failure of newborn (P28.5)
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.
- Acidemia
- Acid > intoxication
- Intoxication > acid
- Lacticemia, excessive
- Syndrome > cardiorenal Note:
- Syndrome > cardiovascular renal Note:
- Disorder > respiratory function, impaired
- Acidosis > respiratory > chronic
- Failure, failed > respiration, respiratory > chronic > with > hypercapnia
- Failure, failed > respiration, respiratory > chronic > with > hypercarbia
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| J96.10 | Chronic respiratory failure, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia | Valid |
| J96.11 | Chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia | Valid |