J95.81 — Postprocedural pneumothorax and air leak
J95.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural pneumothorax and air leak. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J95.81
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of J95.81, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with J95.81
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at J95.81. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading J95.81 alone.
- J93Pneumothorax and air leak
Risk adjustment
J95.81 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code history
J95.81 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead J95.81
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share J95.8. If J95.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- J95.82Postprocedural respiratory failure
- J95.83Postprocedural hemorrhage of a respiratory system organ or structure following a procedure
- J95.84Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)
- J95.85Complication of respirator [ventilator]
- J95.86Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a respiratory system organ or structure following a procedure
- J95.87Transfusion-associated dyspnea (TAD)
- J95.88Other intraoperative complications of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified
- J95.89Other postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified
Questions about J95.81
- Is J95.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. J95.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does J95.81 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), in the block Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified (J95).