J62.8
Pneumoconiosis due to other dust containing silica
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 12 never code together
J00-J99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- smoke inhalation (T59.81-)T59.81-
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 10
J62.8code
Inclusion terms
- Silicosis NOS
J62code
Includes
- silicotic fibrosis (massive) of lung
J00-J99chapter
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).J40
Use additional code
- code, where applicable, to identify:
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)Z77.22
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)P96.81
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)Z87.891
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)Z57.31
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)F17.-
- tobacco use (Z72.0)Z72.0
Index entries leading here 22
- Potter's
- Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic) J45.909
- Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous) J40
- moulder's J62.8
- Fibrosis, fibrotic
- Calcicosis J62.8
- Chalicosis (pulmonum) J62.8
- Pneumoconiosis (due to) (inhalation of) J64
- Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
- Ganister disease J62.8
- Granite worker's lung J62.8
- Grinder's lung or pneumoconiosis J62.8
- Lithosis J62.8
- Mason's lung J62.8
- Metal
- polisher's disease J62.8
- Millstone maker's pneumoconiosis J62.8
- Sandblaster's asthma, lung or pneumoconiosis J62.8
- Siderosilicosis J62.8
- Silicosiderosis J62.8
- Silicosis, silicotic (simple) (complicated) J62.8
- Slate-dressers' or slate-miners' lung J62.8
- Stonecutter's lung J62.8
- Stonemason's asthma, disease, lung or pneumoconiosis J62.8
Alongside this code 1 same parent — J62
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.