J70.3

J70.3: Chronic drug-induced interstitial lung disorders

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

J70.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic drug-induced interstitial lung disorders. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check J70.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

interstitial pneumonia NOS (J84.9)
lymphoid interstitial pneumonia (J84.2)

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

J70.3 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies: 10 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52466Nebulizers - Policy Article
A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
A56784Billing and Coding: Pulmonary Stress Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Disorder›lung, interstitial, drug-induced›chronic
Pneumonitis›chemotherapy›chronic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.