2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J98.8

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Acquired mucociliary clearance defect
• Air trapping
• Airway constriction
• Airways obstruction irreversible
• Airways obstruction reversible
• Allergic disorder of respiratory tract
• Bacterial respiratory infection
• Borderline respiratory obstruction on spirometry
• Excessive bronchial secretion
• Expiratory partial airway obstruction
• Finding of respiratory obstruction
• Finding of respiratory obstruction
• Fungal respiratory infection
• Hypersensitivity disorder of respiratory tract
• Immotile cilia syndrome due to excessively long cilia
• Inability to ventilate patients lungs mechanically
• Infection of respiratory tract caused by parasite
• Inflammatory bowel disease, recurrent sinopulmonary infection syndrome
• Inflammatory disorder of lower respiratory tract
• Inflammatory disorder of the respiratory system
• Inflammatory disorder of the respiratory tract
• Inherited mucociliary clearance defect
• Inspiratory and expiratory partial airway obstruction
• Inspiratory partial airway obstruction
• Institution-acquired respiratory infection
• Institutional environment related disease
• Mass of respiratory structure
• Middle East respiratory syndrome
• Mucociliary clearance defect
• Non-infectious pneumonia
• Obstruction of airway caused by blood
• Obstruction of airway caused by tongue
• Obstruction of lower respiratory tract
• Parasitic infection of lung
• Partial obstruction of airway caused by tongue
• Partially obstructed airway
• Patient airway not maintainable
• Post-upper airway obstruction pulmonary edema
• Recurrent lower respiratory tract infection
• Respiratory obstruction
• Respiratory tract infection
• Saliva in upper airway
• Secondary ciliary dyskinesia
• Sleep hypoventilation
• Sleep hypoventilation due to lower airway obstruction
• Sleep related hypoventilation or hypoxemia
• Tension pneumatocele
• Totally obstructed airway
• Trachea displaced
• Trachea displaced to right
• Transient mucociliary clearance defect
• Upper respiratory tract obstruction

J98.8 is grouped with Diagnostic Related Groups - MS-DRG Mapping

Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a classification system used to group together diagnosis codes for the purpose of reimbursement and healthcare management. DRGs are used to standardize the way hospitals and other providers are paid for inpatient services. In this system patients are grouped together based on their principal diagnosis in areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). Once a patient is assigned a particular diagnostic category, providers receive a predetermined payment rate for the services rendered. This reimbursement rate is often fixed and is meant to cover the cost of care for that patient. Reimbursement is also affected by the relative weight of a diagnostic related group based on the severity of a patient's illness and the associated cost of care during hospitalization.

Diagnostic related groups encourage healthcare providers to focus on quality and efficiency in patient care while managing costs effectively. The diagnosis code is present in the following groups for version MS-DRG V41.0 applicable from 10/01/2023 through 09/30/2024.

The relative weight of a diagnostic related group determines the reimbursement rate based on the severity of a patient's illness and the associated cost of care during hospitalization.

Convert J98.8 to ICD-9-CM

• ICD-9-CM Code: 519.8 - Resp system disease NEC
  Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

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.