J98.8
J98.8: Other specified respiratory disorders
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
J98.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified respiratory disorders. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check J98.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above J98.8
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J98.8
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
J98.8 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
- A56784Billing and Coding: Pulmonary Stress Testing
- A57224Billing and Coding: Respiratory Care
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Decompensation›respiratory
- Infection, infected, infective›respiratory NEC(tract)
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›chest
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive›airway
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive›respiratory
- Pneumatocele›tension
- Infection, infected, infective›respiratory NEC›chronic
- Infection, infected, infective›virus, viral NOS›chest
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.