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J82.81

J82.81Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

J82.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Eosinophilic pneumonia, NOS

Risk adjustment

J82.81 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

J82.81 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies 7 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
  • A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
  • A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)

How J82.81 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 J82.81.

  • Pneumoniaeosinophilic
  • Pneumonitiseosinophilic
  • Eosinophiliapulmonary NECchronic
  • Pneumoniaeosinophilicchronic
  • Pneumonitiseosinophilicchronic

Related codes at this level

Codes that share J82.8. If J82.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about J82.81

Is J82.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
Yes. J82.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does J82.81 sit in the tabular list?
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), in the block Other respiratory diseases principally affecting the interstitium (J80-J84).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.