Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)

ICD-10-CM 2027 chapter 10 contains 11 code blocks with 366 billable codes.

Code blocks

BlockTitleBillable
J00-J06Acute upper respiratory infections35
J09-J18Influenza and pneumonia53
J20-J22Other acute lower respiratory infections15
J30-J39Other diseases of upper respiratory tract67
J40-J4BChronic lower respiratory diseases40
J60-J70Lung diseases due to external agents45
J80-J84Other respiratory diseases principally affecting the interstitium31
J85-J86Suppurative and necrotic conditions of the lower respiratory tract6
J90-J94Other diseases of the pleura17
J95Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified (J95)32
J96-J99Other diseases of the respiratory system25

Chapter notes

Excludes2 (not included here):
  • 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)
Notes:
  • 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).