J85
J85: Abscess of lung and mediastinum
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J85 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for abscess of lung and mediastinum. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with J85
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- J86Pyothorax
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 J85
4 child codes. Green means billable.