J69
J69 — Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J69 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pneumonitis due to solids and liquids. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Codes also, if applicable, other types of pneumonias
Other codes that can never be billed with J69
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at J69. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading J69 alone.
Risk adjustment
J69 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead J69
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about J69
- Is J69 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. J69 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does J69 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 J69?
- J69 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.