J96Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Other diseases of the respiratory system (J96-J99)
Coding Notes
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
- cardiorespiratory failure (R09.2)
- newborn respiratory distress syndrome (P22.0)
- postprocedural respiratory failure (J95.82-)
- respiratory arrest (R09.2)
- respiratory arrest of newborn (P28.81)
- respiratory failure of newborn (P28.5)
Subcategories (4)
- J96.0 Acute respiratory failure
- J96.1 Chronic respiratory failure
- J96.2 Acute and chronic respiratory failure
- J96.9 Respiratory failure, unspecified