J95.4
ICD-10BillableChemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia
J95.4 is valid for submission on a claim — CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.
Inclusion terms
- Mendelson's syndrome
- Postprocedural aspiration pneumonia
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- aspiration pneumonitis due to anesthesia complicating labor and delivery (O74.0)
- aspiration pneumonitis due to anesthesia complicating pregnancy (O29)
- aspiration pneumonitis due to anesthesia complicating the puerperium (O89.01)
Use additional code
Report an additional code to identify the associated condition.
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T41.- with fifth or sixth character 5)
Related codes in J95
- J95.0Tracheostomy complicationscategory
- J95.1Acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery
- J95.2Acute pulmonary insufficiency following nonthoracic surgery
- J95.3Chronic pulmonary insufficiency following surgery
- J95.5Postprocedural subglottic stenosis
- J95.6Intraop hemor/hemtom of a resp sys org comp a procedurecategory
- J95.7Accidental pnctr & lac of a respiratory system org dur proccategory
- J95.8Oth intraop and postproc comp and disorders of resp sys, NECcategory
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- J95
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.