J98.9
J98.9: Respiratory disorder, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
J98.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for respiratory disorder, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check J98.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Respiratory disease (chronic) NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J98.9
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J98.9
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.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Complication›respiratory system
- Disease, diseased›chest
- Disease, diseased›respiratory(tract)
- Arthritis, arthritic›due to or associated with›respiratory disorder NOS
- Arthritis, arthritic›in›respiratory disorder NEC
- Disease, diseased›respiratory›chronic NOS
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.