J62.8 — Pneumoconiosis due to other dust containing silica
J62.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pneumoconiosis due to other dust containing silica. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Silicosis NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J62.8
These are not written on J62.8, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing J62.8 with anything listed here is a denial.
Risk adjustment
J62.8 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 280 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Interstitial Lung Disorders, and Other Chronic Lung Disorders0.319 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
J62.8 is named in 22 Medicare coverage policies — 20 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 2 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56566Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy Servicesnot covered
- A57067Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical and Occupational Therapy Servicesnot covered
- A52466Nebulizers - Policy Article
- A52466Nebulizers - Policy Article
How J62.8 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to J62.8.
- Calcicosis
- Chalicosis(pulmonum)
- Ganister disease
- Granite worker's lung
- Grinder's lung or pneumoconiosis
- Lithosis
- Mason's lung
- Millstone maker's pneumoconiosis
- Sandblaster's asthma, lung or pneumoconiosis
- Siderosilicosis
- Silicosiderosis
- Silicosis, silicotic(simple) (complicated)
Code history
J62.8 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share J62. If J62.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about J62.8
- Is J62.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. J62.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does J62.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), in the block Lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70).
- What cannot be coded together with J62.8?
- J62.8 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above J62.8 (J62) and apply to it just the same.