ICD-10-CM › J00-J99 › J96-J99 › J98.5 Diseases of mediastinum, not... › J98.59
J98.59
Other diseases of mediastinum, not elsewhere classified
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 2017 to now.
- FY2017 Added to the code set Other diseases of mediastinum, 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.
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.
- Phagedena
- Sloughing
- Sphacelus
- Herniation
- Mortification
- Sarcoepiplocele
- Necrosis, necrotic
- Pemphigus > gangrenous
- Cellulitis > gangrenous
- Gangrene, gangrenous > hernia
- Hernia, hernial > irreducible
- Hernia, hernial > obstructive
- Dropsy, dropsical > gangrenous
- Hernia, hernial > incarcerated
- Hernia, hernial > strangulated
- Rupture, ruptured > obstructed
- Hernia, hernial > with > gangrene
- Hernia, hernial > with > irreducible
- Hernia, hernial > with > obstruction
- Incarceration, incarcerated > hernia
- Strangulation, strangulated > hernia
- Incarceration, incarcerated > rupture
- Strangulation, strangulated > rupture
- Hernia, hernial > with > incarceration
- Hernia, hernial > with > strangulation
- Hernia, hernial > intestine, intestinal
- Hernia, hernial > irreducible > with gangrene
- Hernia, hernial > obstructive > with gangrene
- Hernia, hernial > incarcerated > with gangrene
- Hernia, hernial > strangulated > with gangrene
- Rupture, ruptured > nontraumatic, meaning hernia
- Strangulation, strangulated > stomach due to hernia
- Incarceration, incarcerated > hernia > with gangrene
- Strangulation, strangulated > hernia > with gangrene
- Strangulation, strangulated > intestine > with hernia
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > fecal > with hernia
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > gangrenous
- Strangulation, strangulated > stomach due to hernia > with gangrene
- Strangulation, strangulated > intestine > with hernia > with gangrene
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > skin > with gangrene
Showing 40 of 47 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| J98.51 | Mediastinitis | Valid |