2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J70.9
Respiratory conditions due to unspecified external agent
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- J70.9
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Respiratory conditions due to unspecified external agent
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
- Not chronic
- Code Navigator:
J70.9 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of respiratory conditions due to unspecified external agent. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
Unspecified diagnosis codes like J70.9 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Acute toxic tracheobronchitis
- Acute tracheitis
- Acute tracheobronchitis
- Environmental lung disease
- Interruption of respiration caused by foreign body in esophagus
- Lung disease due to external agents
- Millers' asthma
- Pulmonary aspiration
- Respiratory compression caused by foreign body in esophagus
- Respiratory obstruction due to foreign body in esophagus
- Silo-fillers' disease
- Toxic pulmonary edema
- Weavers' cough
Clinical Classification
Clinical Category is Lung disease due to external agents
- CCSR Category Code: RSP013
- Inpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default inpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
- Outpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default outpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.
Code First
Code FirstCertain conditions have both an underlying etiology and multiple body system manifestations due to the underlying etiology. For such conditions, the ICD-10-CM has a coding convention that requires the underlying condition be sequenced first followed by the manifestation. Wherever such a combination exists, there is a "use additional code" note at the etiology code, and a "code first" note at the manifestation code. These instructional notes indicate the proper sequencing order of the codes, etiology followed by manifestation.
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).
- - Disease, diseased - See Also: Syndrome;
- - respiratory (tract) - J98.9
- - acute or subacute NOS - J06.9
- - due to
- - external agent - J70.9
- - due to
- - chronic NOS - J98.9
- - due to
- - external agent - J70.9
- - due to
- - due to
- - external agent - J70.9
- - acute or subacute NOS - J06.9
- - respiratory (tract) - J98.9
- - Edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic) - R60.9
- - lung - J81.1
- - chronic - J81.1
- - due to
- - external agent - J70.9
- - due to
- - due to
- - external agent - J70.9
- - chronic - J81.1
- - lung - J81.1
Convert J70.9 to ICD-9-CM
- ICD-9-CM Code: 508.9 - Resp cond: ext agent NOS
Patient Education
Lung Diseases
When you breathe, your lungs take in oxygen from the air and deliver it to the bloodstream. The cells in your body need oxygen to work and grow. During a normal day, you breathe nearly 25,000 times. People with lung disease have difficulty breathing. Millions of people in the U.S. have lung disease. If all types of lung disease are lumped together, it is the number three killer in the United States.
The term lung disease refers to many disorders affecting the lungs, such as asthma, COPD, infections like influenza, pneumonia and tuberculosis, lung cancer, and many other breathing problems. Some lung diseases can lead to respiratory failure.
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Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.
Footnotes
[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.