Chapter 10

J00–J99: Diseases of the Respiratory System

Diseases of the Respiratory System diagnostic classification updated for 2026.

Chapter Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • 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
  • 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)
Internal Codes
  • J84.170

    Interstitial lung disease with progressive fibrotic phenotype in diseases classified elsewhere

  • J84.178

    Other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis in diseases classified elsewhere

  • J84.2

    Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia

  • J84.8

    Other specified interstitial pulmonary diseases

  • J84.81

    Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

  • J84.82

    Adult pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis

  • J84.83

    Surfactant mutations of the lung

  • J84.84

    Other interstitial lung diseases of childhood

  • J84.841

    Neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia of infancy

  • J84.842

    Pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis

  • J84.843

    Alveolar capillary dysplasia with vein misalignment

  • J84.848

    Other interstitial lung diseases of childhood

  • J84.89

    Other specified interstitial pulmonary diseases

  • J84.9

    Interstitial pulmonary disease, unspecified

  • J85

    Abscess of lung and mediastinum

  • J85.0

    Gangrene and necrosis of lung

  • J85.1

    Abscess of lung with pneumonia

  • J85.2

    Abscess of lung without pneumonia

  • J85.3

    Abscess of mediastinum

  • J86

    Pyothorax

  • J86.0

    Pyothorax with fistula

  • J86.9

    Pyothorax without fistula

  • J90

    Pleural effusion, not elsewhere classified

  • J91

    Pleural effusion in conditions classified elsewhere

  • J91.0

    Malignant pleural effusion

  • J91.8

    Pleural effusion in other conditions classified elsewhere

  • J92

    Pleural plaque

  • J92.0

    Pleural plaque with presence of asbestos

  • J92.9

    Pleural plaque without asbestos

  • J93

    Pneumothorax and air leak

  • J93.0

    Spontaneous tension pneumothorax

  • J93.1

    Other spontaneous pneumothorax

  • J93.11

    Primary spontaneous pneumothorax

  • J93.12

    Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax

  • J93.8

    Other pneumothorax and air leak

  • J93.81

    Chronic pneumothorax

  • J93.82

    Other air leak

  • J93.83

    Other pneumothorax

  • J93.9

    Pneumothorax, unspecified

  • J94

    Other pleural conditions

  • J94.0

    Chylous effusion

  • J94.1

    Fibrothorax

  • J94.2

    Hemothorax

  • J94.8

    Other specified pleural conditions

  • J94.9

    Pleural condition, unspecified

  • J95

    Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified

  • J95.0

    Tracheostomy complications

  • J95.00

    Unspecified tracheostomy complication

  • J95.01

    Hemorrhage from tracheostomy stoma

  • J95.02

    Infection of tracheostomy stoma

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