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ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

J96 Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified

Header codeNot billable: use one of the 12 billable codes below

About J96

Code: J96
Billable: No, header
Short description: Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified
Block: J96-J99 Other diseases of the respiratory system
Chapter: 10 Diseases of the respiratory system
Code set: FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027

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Coding notes for J96

Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).

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)

Chapter 10 notes (apply to every code in it)

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).

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

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 Add a second code for the detail named here.

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)

Codes under J96 16

Other categories in J96-J99

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