J80 — Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Is J80 billable?
Yes — J80 is billable for FY2027. J80 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. J80 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
J80 at a glance
| Code | J80 |
|---|---|
| Description | Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does J80 group to?
J80 sits in MDC 04 and helps define the logic of 1 MS-DRG (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 189Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failuremedical
As a secondary diagnosis, J80 is a major complication or comorbidity (MCC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.
How is J80 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to J80. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Shock › lung
- Syndrome › acute respiratory distress
- Syndrome › shock-lung
- Distress › acute respiratory › syndrome
- Disease, diseased › hyaline › membrane › adult
- Syndrome › respiratory › distress › acute
- Syndrome › respiratory › distress › acute › adult
- Syndrome › respiratory › distress › acute › child
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with J80 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- respiratory distress syndrome in newborn (perinatal) (P22.0)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to J80.
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome in adult or child
- Adult hyaline membrane disease
Use additional code — inherited from Chapter 10
Report an additional code alongside J80 to fully describe the condition. J80 is sequenced first.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 10
The conditions below are not part of J80, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, J80 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)
How long has J80 existed?
J80 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 J80?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with J80 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.