J00-J99

ICD-10-CM Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system

Chapter 10 of the ICD-10-CM tabular list covers J00-J99. It contains 11 blocks of related categories, listed below with the categories published in each.

Excludes2

Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Use additional code

Report an additional code to identify the associated condition.

  • code, where applicable, to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)

Notes

  • When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).

J00-J06Acute upper respiratory infections

J09-J18Influenza and pneumonia

J20-J22Other acute lower respiratory infections

J30-J39Other diseases of upper respiratory tract

J40-J4AChronic lower respiratory diseases

J60-J70Lung diseases due to external agents

J80-J84Other respiratory diseases principally affecting the interstitium

J85-J86Suppurative and necrotic conditions of the lower respiratory tract

J90-J94Other diseases of the pleura

J95Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified

J96-J99Other diseases of the respiratory system

Source

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.

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