J98.4
J98.4: Other disorders of lung
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
J98.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other disorders of lung. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check J98.4 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Calcification of lung
- Cystic lung disease (acquired)
- Lung disease NOS
- Pulmolithiasis
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J98.4
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J98.4
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with J98.4
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Q33.0Congenital cystic lung
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
J98.4 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
- A56730Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy and Oximetry Services
- A56767Billing and Coding: Heavy Metal Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Honeycomb lung
- Pneumatocele(lung)
- Pneumonitis(acute) (primary)
- Pneumopathy NEC
- Pulmolithiasis
- Adhesions, adhesive›lung
- Adhesions, adhesive›pulmonary
- Atrophy, atrophic›lung(senile)
- Calcification›lung(active) (postinfectional)
- Calculus, calculi, calculous›lung
- Calculus, calculi, calculous›pulmonary
- Cavitation of lung›nontuberculous
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.