ICD-10-CM Code J96.2
Acute and chronic respiratory failure
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code J96.2 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of J96.2 that describes the diagnosis 'acute and chronic respiratory failure' in more detail.
- J96.2 Acute and chronic respiratory failure NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code J96 is used to code Hypoxia (medical)
Hypoxia (also known as hypoxiation) is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply. Hypoxia may be classified as either generalized, affecting the whole body, or local, affecting a region of the body. Although hypoxia is often a pathological condition, variations in arterial oxygen concentrations can be part of the normal physiology, for example, during hypoventilation training or strenuous physical exercise.
| Specialty: | Pulmonology, Toxicology |
| MeSH Code: | D000860 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 799.02 |
Cyanosis of the hand in someone with low oxygen saturations
Coding Notes for J96.2 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Inclusion Terms:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive. - Acute on chronic respiratory failure
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'J96.2 - Acute and chronic respiratory failure'
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Parent Code: J96 - Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified