ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J98.8 - Other specified respiratory disorders (original) (raw)
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Other specified respiratory disorders
ICD-10-CM Code:
J98.8
ICD-10 Code for:
Other specified respiratory disorders
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
Not chronic
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J98.8 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other specified respiratory disorders. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
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- Clinical Classification
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- Code History
- Diseases of the respiratory system
J00–J99
The following list of clinical terms are approximate synonyms, alternative descriptions, or common phrases that might be used by patients, healthcare providers, or medical coders to describe the same condition. These synonyms and related diagnosis terms are often used when searching for an ICD-10 code, especially when the exact medical terminology is unclear. Whether you're looking for lay terms, similar diagnosis names, or common language alternatives, this list can help guide you to the correct ICD-10 classification.
- 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
- 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 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
Clinical Classifications group individual ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes into broader, clinically meaningful categories. These categories help simplify complex data by organizing related conditions under common clinical themes.
They are especially useful for data analysis, reporting, and clinical decision-making. Even when diagnosis codes differ, similar conditions can be grouped together based on their clinical relevance. Each category is assigned a unique CCSR code that represents a specific clinical concept, often tied to a body system or medical specialty.
CCSR Code: RSP016
Inpatient Default: Y - Yes, default inpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
Outpatient Default: Y - Yes, default outpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
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).
- - Decompensation
- - respiratory - J98.8
- - Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) - B99.9
- - respiratory (tract) NEC - J98.8
* - chronic - J98.8 - - virus, viral NOS - B34.9
* - chest - J98.8
- - respiratory (tract) NEC - J98.8
- - Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
- - chest - J98.8
- - Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
- - airway - J98.8
- - respiratory - J98.8
- - Pneumatocele (lung) - J98.4
- - tension - J98.8
References found for this diagnosis code in the External Cause of Injuries Index:
- Decompensation
- respiratory
- Infection, infected, infective(opportunistic)
- respiratory (tract) NEC
- Infection, infected, infective(opportunistic)
- respiratory (tract) NEC
- chronic
- respiratory (tract) NEC
- Infection, infected, infective(opportunistic)
- virus, viral NOS
- chest
- virus, viral NOS
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory(with exudation)
- chest
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
- airway
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
- respiratory
- Pneumatocele(lung)
- tension
Below are the ICD-9 codes that most closely match this ICD-10 code, based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs). This ICD-10 to ICD-9 crosswalk tool is helpful for coders who need to reference legacy diagnosis codes for audits, historical claims, or approximate code comparisons.
ICD-9-CM: 519.8
Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means this ICD-10 code does not have an exact ICD-9 equivalent. The matched code is the closest available option, but it may not fully capture the original diagnosis or clinical intent.
FY 2026 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2025 through 9/30/2026
FY 2025 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2024 through 9/30/2025
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.
