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ICD-10-CM Codes
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J00-J99
Diseases of the respiratory system
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Other diseases of the respiratory system
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Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J96.20
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J96.20
Acute and chronic respiratory failure, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- J96.20 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Acute and chr resp failure, unsp w hypoxia or hypercapnia
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM J96.20 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J96.20 - other international versions of ICD-10 J96.20 may differ.
The following code(s) above
J96.20 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
J96.20:
- J00-J99
2021 ICD-10-CM Range J00-J99
Diseases of the respiratory systemNote- 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)
- J96
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J96
Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
- cardiorespiratory failure (R09.2)
- newborn respiratory distress syndrome (P22.0)
- postprocedural respiratory failure (J95.82-)
- respiratory arrest (R09.2)
- respiratory arrest of newborn (P28.81)
- respiratory failure of newborn (P28.5)
- J96.2
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J96.2
Acute and chronic respiratory failure
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Acute on chronic respiratory failure
- Acute and chronic posttraumatic respiratory failure
- Acute-on-chronic respiratory failure
- Respiratory failure, acute on chronic
ICD-10-CM J96.20 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 189 Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure
- 928 Full thickness burn with skin graft or inhalation injury with cc/mcc
- 929 Full thickness burn with skin graft or inhalation injury without cc/mcc
Convert J96.20 to ICD-9-CM
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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To J96.20
J96 Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified
J96.0 Acute respiratory failure
J96.00 …… unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia
J96.1 Chronic respiratory failure
J96.10 …… unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia
J96.2 Acute and chronic respiratory failure
J96.20
…… unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia
J96.9 Respiratory failure, unspecified
J96.90 …… unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia
J98 Other respiratory disorders
J98.0 Diseases of bronchus, not elsewhere classified
J98.09 Other diseases of bronchus, not elsewhere classified
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
