J95
J95: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J95 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with J95
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- J38Diseases of vocal cords and larynx, not elsewhere classified
- J69Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids
- J69.0Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food and vomit
- J93Pneumothorax and air leak
- J95.6Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure complicating a procedure
- J95.87Transfusion-associated dyspnea (TAD)
- J96Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified
- J98.4Other disorders of lung
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 J95
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- J95.0Tracheostomy complications
- J95.1Acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery
- J95.2Acute pulmonary insufficiency following nonthoracic surgery
- J95.3Chronic pulmonary insufficiency following surgery
- J95.4Chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia
- J95.5Postprocedural subglottic stenosis
- J95.6Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure complicating a procedure
- J95.7Accidental puncture and laceration of a respiratory system organ or structure during a procedure
- J95.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified