2027 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J98.8Other specified respiratory disorders
ICD-10-CM Codes›J00–J99›J96-J99›J98
- Billable — Valid for Submission
- Not Chronic
J98.8 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other specified respiratory disorders. It is valid on HIPAA claims for fiscal year 2027 (October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027) and groups to MS-DRG 205 through 206. In AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCSR), this diagnosis falls under Other specified and unspecified lower respiratory disease.
Code Identity
Code Classification
Approximate SynonymsGuidance
Alternate terms and clinical phrases that map to this code.
- Acquired mucociliary clearance defect
- Air trapping
- Airways obstruction irreversible
- Airways obstruction reversible
- Allergic disorder of respiratory tract
- Bacterial respiratory infection
- Borderline respiratory obstruction on spirometry
- Constriction of airway
- Excessive bronchial secretion
- Expiratory partial airway obstruction
- Finding of respiratory obstruction
- Fungal respiratory infection
- 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
- Necrosis of respiratory epithelium
- 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 infection in childhood
- Recurrent infection of respiratory tract
- Recurrent infection of respiratory tract in childhood
- Recurrent infection of upper and lower respiratory tract
- Recurrent lower respiratory tract infection
- Recurrent upper 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
- Structural abnormality of respiratory epithelium
- Tension pneumatocele
- Totally obstructed airway
- Trachea displaced
- Trachea displaced to right
- Transient mucociliary clearance defect
- Unable to maintain patent airway
- Upper respiratory tract obstruction
Instructional NotesGuidance
Instructions from the official ICD-10-CM Tabular List that apply to J98.8: its own notes plus those printed at J98 and Chapter 10. A note printed at a category, block or chapter applies to every code under it.
Excludes1
Not coded here: the excluded code is never reported together with this one, unless the two conditions are unrelated.
Excludes2
Not included here: the excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, so both codes may be reported.
- 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)
Notes
General instructions on how these codes are used.
- 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).
Source: CMS ICD-10-CM Tabular List. How to read instructional notes.
Index to Diseases and InjuriesGuidance
Alphabetical index entries that point to this code.
respiratory J98.8
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
airway J98.8
respiratory J98.8
tension J98.8
Clinical ClassificationClinical
AHRQ’s CCSR groups this code into broader clinical categories.
Convert J98.8 to ICD-9-CMHistory
The closest ICD-9-CM equivalents under the General Equivalence Mappings.
Code History & ChangesHistory
Replaced This code was replaced in the FY 2027 code set by:
- J4B - Pulmonary mycetoma
Questions About J98.8Overview
What is the ICD-10 code for other specified respiratory disorders?
The ICD-10-CM code for other specified respiratory disorders is J98.8 (sometimes written as J988). It is billable on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
Is J98.8 (Other respiratory disorders) a billable code?
Yes. This is a billable ICD-10-CM code, specific enough to report other specified respiratory disorders on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
What MS-DRG does J98.8 group to?
When other specified respiratory disorders is the principal diagnosis on an inpatient stay, it groups to MS-DRG 206, 205, with relative weights from 0.9255 to 1.8244 depending on complications. Higher weights mean higher Medicare reimbursement.
Can J98.8 be reported with a code from P28.4?
Not as a rule. The Excludes1 note at J98, which applies to J98.8, lists "newborn apnea (P28.4-)". An Excludes1 note means the excluded code is never reported together with this one; the only exception is when the two conditions are unrelated to each other (Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).
Does J98.8 need an additional code?
When the condition applies, yes. The Use Additional Code note at J98, which applies to J98.8, reads: code 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.-); and 1 more listed in the Instructional Notes section. The additional code is reported after J98.8.
