Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99)
Chapter 10 (J00–J99) covers a wide range of respiratory system diseases, including conditions affecting the nose, throat, lungs, and other parts of the breathing system. These codes are used to classify and report illnesses like infections, chronic respiratory diseases, and disorders related to breathing and the respiratory tract.
This chapter includes codes for acute respiratory infections such as the common cold and influenza, as well as chronic conditions like asthma, bronchitis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It also encompasses lung infections like pneumonia and tuberculosis, along with diseases that affect the pleura and other respiratory structures. Medical coders and healthcare professionals use these codes to document conditions that involve inflammation, obstruction, infections, or other respiratory impairments. These codes support accurate diagnosis, treatment planning, and billing related to respiratory health conditions, emphasizing the importance of precise classification for pulmonary and airway disorders.
- Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)
- Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18)
- Other acute lower respiratory infections (J20-J22)
- Other diseases of upper respiratory tract (J30-J39)
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J4A)
- Lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)
- Other respiratory diseases principally affecting the interst
- Suppurative and necrotic conditions of the lower respiratory
- Other diseases of the pleura (J90-J94)
- Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorder
- Other diseases of the respiratory system (J96-J99)
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99)
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).
Use additional 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)
Excludes2: 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)Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)
Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18)
- Influenza due to certain identified influenza viruses (J09)
- Influenza due to other identified influenza virus (J10)
- Influenza due to unidentified influenza virus (J11)
- Viral pneumonia, not elsewhere classified (J12)
- Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae (J13)
- Pneumonia due to Hemophilus influenzae (J14)
- Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified (J15)
- Pneumonia due to other infectious organisms, not elsewhere classified (J16)
- Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere (J17)
- Pneumonia, unspecified organism (J18)
Other acute lower respiratory infections (J20-J22)
Other diseases of upper respiratory tract (J30-J39)
- Vasomotor and allergic rhinitis (J30)
- Chronic rhinitis, nasopharyngitis and pharyngitis (J31)
- Chronic sinusitis (J32)
- Nasal polyp (J33)
- Other and unspecified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses (J34)
- Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35)
- Peritonsillar abscess (J36)
- Chronic laryngitis and laryngotracheitis (J37)
- Diseases of vocal cords and larynx, not elsewhere classified (J38)
- Other diseases of upper respiratory tract (J39)
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J4A)
Lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)
- Coalworker's pneumoconiosis (J60)
- Pneumoconiosis due to asbestos and other mineral fibers (J61)
- Pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica (J62)
- Pneumoconiosis due to other inorganic dusts (J63)
- Unspecified pneumoconiosis (J64)
- Pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis (J65)
- Airway disease due to specific organic dust (J66)
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust (J67)
- Respiratory conditions due to inhalation of chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors (J68)
- Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids (J69)
- Respiratory conditions due to other external agents (J70)
Other respiratory diseases principally affecting the interstitium (J80-J84)
Suppurative and necrotic conditions of the lower respiratory tract (J85-J86)
Other diseases of the pleura (J90-J94)
Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified (J95)
- Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified (J95)
Other diseases of the respiratory system (J96-J99)
