J95.822 — Acute and chronic postprocedural respiratory failure
Is J95.822 billable?
Yes — J95.822 is billable for FY2027. J95.822 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. J95.822 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
J95.822 at a glance
| Code | J95.822 |
|---|---|
| Description | Acute and chronic postprocedural respiratory failure |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does J95.822 group to?
J95.822 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, J95.822 is a major complication or comorbidity (MCC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.
How is J95.822 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to J95.822. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Failure, failed › respiration, respiratory › postprocedural › acute and chronic
- Complication › respiratory system › postoperative › respiratory failure › acute and chronic (s) (from) (of)
Use additional code — inherited from Chapter 10
Report an additional code alongside J95.822 to fully describe the condition. J95.822 is sequenced first.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 10
The conditions below are not part of J95.822, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, J95.822 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 J95.822, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, J95.822 and the excluded code may both be reported.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from J95.82
The conditions below are not part of J95.822, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, J95.822 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- respiratory failure in other conditions (J96.-)
How long has J95.822 existed?
J95.822 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.