J95.821 — Acute postprocedural respiratory failure
Is J95.821 billable?
Yes — J95.821 is billable for FY2027. J95.821 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. J95.821 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
J95.821 at a glance
| Code | J95.821 |
|---|---|
| Description | Acute postprocedural respiratory failure |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does J95.821 group to?
J95.821 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, J95.821 is a major complication or comorbidity (MCC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.
How is J95.821 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to J95.821. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Failure, failed › respiration, respiratory › postprocedural
- Complication › respiratory system › postoperative › respiratory failure (s) (from) (of)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to J95.821.
- Postprocedural respiratory failure NOS
Use additional code — inherited from Chapter 10
Report an additional code alongside J95.821 to fully describe the condition. J95.821 is sequenced first.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 10
The conditions below are not part of J95.821, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, J95.821 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 J95
The conditions below are not part of J95.821, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, J95.821 and the excluded code may both be reported.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from J95.82
The conditions below are not part of J95.821, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, J95.821 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- respiratory failure in other conditions (J96.-)
How long has J95.821 existed?
J95.821 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.