J82.82
J82.82: Acute eosinophilic pneumonia
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
J82.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute eosinophilic pneumonia. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check J82.82 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2 inherited from the categories above J82.82
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on J82: Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
J82.82 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 2 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- 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)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Eosinophilia›pulmonary NEC›acute
- Pneumonia›eosinophilic›acute
- Pneumonitis›eosinophilic›acute
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.