J70.0
Acute pulmonary manifestations due to radiation
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 11 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
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 10
J70.0code
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 8
- Effect, adverse
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
- Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
- Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous) J40
- Edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic) R60.9
- Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) J18.9
- radiation J70.0
- Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) J98.4
- radiation J70.0
- Poisoning (acute) — see also Table of Drugs and Chemicals
- radiation J70.0
Alongside this code 7 same parent — J70
J70.1 Chronic and other pulmonary manifestations due to radiation J70.2 Acute drug-induced interstitial lung disorders J70.3 Chronic drug-induced interstitial lung disorders J70.4 Drug-induced interstitial lung disorders, unspecified J70.5 Respiratory conditions due to smoke inhalation J70.8 Respiratory conditions due to oth external agents J70.9 Respiratory conditions due to unspecified external agent
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.