J60 — Coalworker's pneumoconiosis
Is J60 billable?
Yes — J60 is billable for FY2027. J60 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. J60 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
J60 at a glance
| Code | J60 |
|---|---|
| Description | Coalworker's pneumoconiosis |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does J60 group to?
J60 sits in MDC 04 and helps define the logic of 3 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 196Interstitial Lung Disease with MCCmedical
- 197Interstitial Lung Disease with CCmedical
- 198Interstitial Lung Disease without CC/MCCmedical
How is J60 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to J60. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Anthracosilicosis
- Anthracosis (lung) (occupational)
- Carbon lung
- Coalworker's lung or pneumoconiosis
- Collier's asthma or lung
- Miners' asthma or lung
- Asthma, asthmatic › collier's (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic)
- Asthma, asthmatic › miner's (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic)
- Black › lung
- Coalminer's › lung or pneumoconiosis
- Complaint › miners'
- Disease, diseased › black lung
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with J60 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to J60.
- Anthracosilicosis
- Anthracosis
- Black lung disease
- Coalworker's lung
Use additional code — inherited from Chapter 10
Report an additional code alongside J60 to fully describe the condition. J60 is sequenced first.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 10
The conditions below are not part of J60, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, J60 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from J60-J70
The conditions below are not part of J60, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, J60 and the excluded code may both be reported.
How long has J60 existed?
J60 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
Which codes are confused with J60?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with J60 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.