J95.7Accidental puncture and laceration of a respiratory system organ or structure during a procedure

J95.7 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for accidental puncture and laceration of a respiratory system organ or structure during a procedure. It belongs to category J95 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified), block J95 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified) and chapter 10 (diseases of the respiratory system). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within J95 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified), J95.7 is specifically for accidental puncture and laceration of a respiratory system organ or structure during a procedure. Related codes cover tracheostomy complications (J95.0), acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery (J95.1), acute pulmonary insufficiency following nonthoracic surgery (J95.2), chronic pulmonary insufficiency following surgery (J95.3), chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia (J95.4), postprocedural subglottic stenosis (J95.5), intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure complicating a procedure (J95.6) and other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified (J95.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: J95.71 (procedure) and J95.72 (procedure).

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of J95.7, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: postprocedural pneumothorax (J95.811).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.