J99
Respiratory disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
Billable
Coding Guidelines
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with J99
- respiratory disorders in:
- A06.5 - amebiasis (A06.5)
- B40.0-B402 - blastomycosis (B40.0-B40.2)
- B37.1 - candidiasis (B37.1)
- B38.0-B382 - coccidioidomycosis (B38.0-B38.2)
- E84.0 - cystic fibrosis with pulmonary manifestations (E84.0)
- dermatomyositis (M33.01, M33.11)
- B39.0-B392 - histoplasmosis (B39.0-B39.2)
- late syphilis (A52.72, A52.73)
- M33.21 - polymyositis (M33.21)
- M35.02 - Sjögren syndrome (M35.02)
- M32.13 - systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.13)
- M34.81 - systemic sclerosis (M34.81)
- M31.30-M3131 - Wegener's granulomatosis (M31.30-M31.31)
Code First
- underlying disease, such as:
- amyloidosis (E85.-)
- ankylosing spondylitis (M45.-)
- congenital syphilis (A50.-)
- cryoglobulinemia (D89.1)
- early congenital syphilis (A50.0-)
- plasminogen deficiency (E88.02)
- schistosomiasis (B65.0-B65.9)
