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ICD-10-CM
Code

J68.8

Other respiratory conditions due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors

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Hierarchy

  • J00-J99 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
    • J60-J70 Lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)
      • J68 Respiratory conditions due to inhalation of chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors
        • J68.0 Bronchitis and pneumonitis due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors
        • J68.1 Pulmonary edema due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors
        • J68.2 Upper respiratory inflammation due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors, not elsewhere classified
        • J68.3 Other acute and subacute respiratory conditions due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors
        • J68.4 Chronic respiratory conditions due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors
        • J68.8 Other respiratory conditions due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors
        • J68.9 Unspecified respiratory condition due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors

Notes

J00-J99

  • 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).

Code First

J68

  • (T51-T65) to identify cause
    • T51-T65 Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source (T51-T65)

Use Additional

J68

  • code to identify associated respiratory conditions, such as:
  • J96.0 Acute respiratory failure

J00-J99

  • code, where applicable, to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
    • Z77.22 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (acute) (chronic)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
    • P96.81 Exposure to (parental) (environmental) tobacco smoke in the perinatal period
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
    • Z87.891 Personal history of nicotine dependence
  • Z57.31 Occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
    • F17 Nicotine dependence
  • Z72.0 Tobacco use

Excludes 2

J60-J70

  • J45 Asthma
  • C34 Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung

J00-J99

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
    • T59.81 Toxic effect of smoke
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

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