J70
Respiratory conditions due to other external agents
Not billable — category only 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 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 filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Subordinate codes 8
J70.0 Acute pulmonary manifestations due to radiation 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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