J95.821

J95.821: Acute postprocedural respiratory failure

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

J95.821 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute postprocedural respiratory failure. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Postprocedural respiratory failure NOS

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J95.821

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

Written on J95.82: Postprocedural respiratory failure

respiratory failure in other conditions (J96.-)

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)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

J95.821 is named in 12 Medicare coverage policies: 12 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Failure, failed›respiration, respiratory›postprocedural(acute)
Complication›respiratory system›postoperative›respiratory failure(acute)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under J95.82

J95.822Acute and chronic postprocedural respiratory failure