ICD-10-CM Codes
J00-J99 Diseases of the respiratory system
J96-J99 Other diseases of the respiratory system
J96- Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J96.90

Respiratory failure, unspecified, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia

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Billable/Specific Code

J96.90 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Short description: Respiratory failure, unsp, unsp w hypoxia or hypercapnia
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM J96.90 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J96.90 - other international versions of ICD-10 J96.90 may differ.

The following code(s) above J96.90 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 J96.90:

J00-J99
2020 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
J96
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J96
Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified
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)
Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified

Approximate Synonyms

Respiratory failure

ICD-10-CM J96.90 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):

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 J96.90 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to J96.90:

Failure, failed
- respiration, respiratory J96.90

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To J96.90

J96.02 …… with hypercapnia

J96.1 Chronic respiratory failure

J96.10 …… unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia

J96.11 …… with hypoxia

J96.12 …… with hypercapnia

J96.2 Acute and chronic respiratory failure

J96.20 …… unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia

J96.21 …… with hypoxia

J96.22 …… with hypercapnia

J96.9 Respiratory failure, unspecified

J96.90 …… unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia

J96.91 …… with hypoxia

J96.92 …… with hypercapnia

J98 Other respiratory disorders

J98.0 Diseases of bronchus, not elsewhere classified

J98.01 Acute bronchospasm

J98.09 Other diseases of bronchus, not elsewhere classified

J98.1 Pulmonary collapse

J98.11 Atelectasis

J98.19 Other pulmonary collapse

J98.2 Interstitial emphysema

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J96.90

Respiratory failure, unspecified, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia

Diseases of the respiratory system

Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified