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J95.82

J95.82: Postprocedural respiratory failure

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

J95.82 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural respiratory failure. 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.

  • respiratory failure in other conditions (J96.-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J95.82

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 J95.82

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

  • J96Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified

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 J95.82

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under J95.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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