Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified (J96)

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Clinical Information

Hypercapnia - A clinical manifestation of abnormal increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in arterial blood.

Instructional Notations

Type 1 Excludes

A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

• 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