J95.84 — Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)
J95.84 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for transfusion-related acute lung injury (trali). It is valid for submission on a claim.
Other codes that can never be billed with J95.84
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at J95.84. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading J95.84 alone.
- J95.87Transfusion-associated dyspnea (TAD)
Risk adjustment
J95.84 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.
Medicare coverage
J95.84 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies — 10 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
- A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
- A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
How J95.84 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to J95.84.
- Injury›transfusion-related acute lung(TRALI)
- Transfusion›related acute lung injury(TRALI)
- Injury›lung›transfusion-related(TRALI)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share J95.8. If J95.84 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- J95.81Postprocedural pneumothorax and air leak
- J95.82Postprocedural respiratory failure
- J95.83Postprocedural hemorrhage of a respiratory system organ or structure following a procedure
- 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 J95.84
- Is J95.84 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. J95.84 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does J95.84 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).