J95.3
Chronic pulmonary insufficiency following surgery
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 14 never code together
J95code
Excludes2
- aspiration pneumonia (J69.-)J69.-
- emphysema (subcutaneous) resulting from a procedure (T81.82)T81.82
- hypostatic pneumonia (J18.2)J18.2
- pulmonary manifestations due to radiation (J70.0-J70.1)J70.0-J70.1
J95.3code
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 2
- Complication (s) (from) (of)
- Insufficiency, insufficient
Alongside this code 8 same parent — J95
J95.0 Tracheostomy complications category J95.1 Acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery J95.2 Acute pulmonary insufficiency following nonthoracic surgery J95.4 Chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia J95.5 Postprocedural subglottic stenosis J95.6 Intraop hemor/hemtom of a resp sys org comp a procedure category J95.7 Accidental pnctr & lac of a respiratory system org dur proc category J95.8 Oth intraop and postproc comp and disorders of resp sys, NEC category
Medications 3
32 Renal Insufficiency, Chronic drugs 2 Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency drugs 47 Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive drugs
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required
Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.