J93.8
J93.8: Other pneumothorax and air leak
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J93.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other pneumothorax and air leak. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J93.8
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with J93.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
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 J93.8
3 child codes. Green means billable.