ICD-10 code for tracheomalacia

The ICD-10-CM code for tracheomalacia is J39.8 (Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract). The official index lists 1 more specific code, so check the documentation for details such as type, cause, site or severity before settling on J39.8.

Within J39, choose J39.8 (Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: Retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscess (J39.0), other abscess of pharynx (J39.1), other diseases of pharynx (J39.2), upper respiratory tract hypersensitivity reaction, site unspecified (J39.3) and disease of upper respiratory tract, unspecified (J39.9).

It is not a CC or MCC, so as a secondary diagnosis it doesn't change the MS-DRG severity level.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 011 (Tracheostomy for Face, Mouth and Neck Diagnoses or Laryngectomy with MCC, relative weight 5.6154), DRG 012 (Tracheostomy for Face, Mouth and Neck Diagnoses or Laryngectomy with CC, relative weight 4.381), DRG 013 (Tracheostomy for Face, Mouth and Neck Diagnoses or Laryngectomy without CC/MCC, relative weight 2.7307), DRG 202 (Bronchitis and Asthma with CC/MCC, relative weight 0.9474) and DRG 203 (Bronchitis and Asthma without CC/MCC, relative weight 0.6512), in Pre-MDC and MDC 04 (Diseases and Disorders of the Respiratory System), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.