J95.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified

J95.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified. 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 9 subcodes must be used instead.

Within J95, choose J95.8 (Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: 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 accidental puncture and laceration of a respiratory system organ or structure during a procedure (J95.7).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: J95.81 (leak), J95.82 (failure), J95.83 (procedure), J95.84 ((TRALI)), J95.85 ([ventilator]), J95.86 (procedure), J95.87 ((TAD)), J95.88 (classified) and 1 more.

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