J70
J70: Respiratory conditions due to other external agents
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J70 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for respiratory conditions due to other external agents. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with J70
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- J18Pneumonia, unspecified organism
- J81Pulmonary edema
- J84Other interstitial pulmonary diseases
- J84.1Other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis
- T66Radiation sickness, unspecified
- T66.XXXARadiation sickness, unspecified, initial encounter
- T66.XXXDRadiation sickness, unspecified, subsequent encounter
- T66.XXXSRadiation sickness, unspecified, sequela
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead J70
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- J70.0Acute pulmonary manifestations due to radiation
- J70.1Chronic and other pulmonary manifestations due to radiation
- J70.2Acute drug-induced interstitial lung disorders
- J70.3Chronic drug-induced interstitial lung disorders
- J70.4Drug-induced interstitial lung disorders, unspecified
- J70.5Respiratory conditions due to smoke inhalation
- J70.8Respiratory conditions due to other specified external agents
- J70.9Respiratory conditions due to unspecified external agent