J81Pulmonary edema
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Other respiratory diseases principally affecting the interstitium (J80-J84)
Coding Notes
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- chemical (acute) pulmonary edema (J68.1)
- hypostatic pneumonia (J18.2)
- passive pneumonia (J18.2)
- pulmonary edema due to external agents (J60-J70)
- pulmonary edema with heart disease NOS (I50.1)
- pulmonary edema with heart failure (I50.1)
Use Additional Code
- code to identify:
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- tobacco use (Z72.0)
Subcategories (2)
- J81.0 Acute pulmonary edema
- J81.1 Chronic pulmonary edema