Interstitial emphysema

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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Interstitial emphysema

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 J98 Other respiratory disorders

Excludes1 - never coded here

newborn apnea (P28.4-)
newborn sleep apnea (P28.3-)

Excludes2 - not included here

apnea NOS (R06.81)
sleep apnea (G47.3-)

Use additional code

code to identify:
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
tobacco dependence (F17.-)
tobacco use (Z72.0)

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.

Pneumomediastinum
Emphysema > mediastinal
Emphysema > interstitial
Air > anterior mediastinum
Disease, diseased > Hamman's
Emphysema > subcutaneous > nontraumatic

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
J98.0	Diseases of bronchus, not elsewhere classified	Not billable
J98.1	Pulmonary collapse	Not billable
J98.3	Compensatory emphysema	Valid
J98.4	Other disorders of lung	Valid
J98.5	Diseases of mediastinum, not elsewhere classified	Not billable
J98.6	Disorders of diaphragm	Valid
J98.8	Other specified respiratory disorders	Valid
J98.9	Respiratory disorder, unspecified	Valid