J95.8

J95.8: Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

J95.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other 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 inherited from the categories above J95.8

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on J95: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified

aspiration pneumonia (J69.-)
emphysema (subcutaneous) resulting from a procedure (T81.82)
hypostatic pneumonia (J18.2)
pulmonary manifestations due to radiation (J70.0-J70.1)

Other codes that can never be billed with J95.8

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

J93Pneumothorax and air leak
J95.87Transfusion-associated dyspnea (TAD)
J96Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified
Z99.12Encounter for respirator [ventilator] dependence during power failure

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 J95.8

9 child codes. Green means billable.