2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J84

Other interstitial pulmonary diseases

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  • J84 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM J84 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J84 - other international versions of ICD-10 J84 may differ.
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as J84. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • drug-induced interstitial lung disorders (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J70.2

    Acute drug-induced interstitial lung disorders

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    Type 1 Excludes
    • interstitial pneumonia NOS (J84.9)
    • lymphoid interstitial pneumonia (J84.2)
    Use Additional
    • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
    J70.2-
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J70.4

    Drug-induced interstitial lung disorders, unspecified

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    Type 1 Excludes
    • interstitial pneumonia NOS (J84.9)
    • lymphoid interstitial pneumonia (J84.2)
    Use Additional
    • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
    J70.4
    )
  • interstitial emphysema (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J98.2

    Interstitial emphysema

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    Applicable To
    • Mediastinal emphysema
    Type 1 Excludes
    • emphysema NOS (J43.9)
    • emphysema in newborn (P25.0)
    • surgical emphysema (subcutaneous) (T81.82)
    • traumatic subcutaneous emphysema (T79.7)
    J98.2
    )
Type 2 Excludes
Type 2 Excludes Help
A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (J84) and the excluded code together.
  • lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70
    ICD-10-CM Range J60-J70

    Lung diseases due to external agents

    Type 2 Excludes
    • asthma (J45.-)
    • malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.-)
    • J60 Coalworker's pneumoconiosis
    • J61 Pneumoconiosis due to asbestos and other...
    • J62 Pneumoconiosis due to dust containing si...
    • J63 Pneumoconiosis due to other inorganic du...
    • J64 Unspecified pneumoconiosis
    • J65 Pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculo...
    • J66 Airway disease due to specific organic d...
    • J67 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to orga...
    • J68 Respiratory conditions due to inhalation...
    • J69 Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids
    • J70 Respiratory conditions due to other exte...
    )
The following code(s) above J84 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to J84:
  • J00-J99
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range J00-J99

    Diseases of the respiratory system

    Note
    • When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).
    Type 2 Excludes
    • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
    • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
    • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
    • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • neoplasms (C00-D49)
    • smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
    • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
    Use Additional
    • code, where applicable, to identify:
    • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
    • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
    • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
    • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
    • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
    • tobacco use (Z72.0)
    Diseases of the respiratory system
Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to J84:
  • Code Also: I27.23
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I27.23

    Pulmonary hypertension due to lung diseases and hypoxia

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    Applicable To
    • Group 3 pulmonary hypertension
    Code Also
    • associated lung disease, if known, such as:
    • bronchiectasis (J47.-)
    • cystic fibrosis with pulmonary manifestations (E84.0)
    • interstitial lung disease (J84.-)
    • pleural effusion (J90)
    • sleep apnea (G47.3-)
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To J84
J80 Acute respiratory distress syndrome
J81 Pulmonary edema
J81.0 Acute pulmonary edema
J81.1 Chronic pulmonary edema
J82 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified
J82.8 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified
J82.81 Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
J82.82 Acute eosinophilic pneumonia
J82.83 Eosinophilic asthma
J82.89 Other pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified
J84 Other interstitial pulmonary diseases
J84.0 Alveolar and parieto-alveolar conditions
J84.01 Alveolar proteinosis
J84.02 Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
J84.03 Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
J84.09 Other alveolar and parieto-alveolar conditions
J84.1 Other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis
J84.10 Pulmonary fibrosis, unspecified
J84.11 Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
J84.111 …… not otherwise specified
J84.112 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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