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J66.8

Airway disease due to other specific organic dusts

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 17 never code together
J66code
Excludes2
  • allergic alveolitis (J67.-)J67.-
  • asbestosis (J61)J61
  • bagassosis (J67.1)J67.1
  • farmer's lung (J67.0)J67.0
  • hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust (J67.-)J67.-
  • reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (J68.3)J68.3
J60-J70block
Excludes2
  • asthma (J45.-)J45.-
  • malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.-)C34.-
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

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 8
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 3
  • Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
    • airway
      • obstructive, chronic J44.9
        • due to
          • specific organic dusts NEC J66.8
  • Pneumopathy NEC J98.4
    • due to organic dust NEC J66.8
  • Pneumoconiosis (due to) (inhalation of) J64
Alongside this code 3 same parent — J66
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

CMS22HCC112 CMS28HCC280 ESRD21HCC112 ESRD24HCC112

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
J66
Block
J60-J70
Siblings
3

Present FY2024–FY2027.