J66
Non-billableAirway disease due to specific organic dust
Airway disease due to specific organic dust
This is a header/category code. For billing purposes, use a more specific child code from the list below.
Coding Notes
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- 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)
- asthma (J45.-)
- malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.-)
- allergic alveolitis (J67.-)
- asbestosis (J61)
- bagassosis (J67.1)
- farmer's lung (J67.0)
- hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust (J67.-)
- reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (J68.3)
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Also Known As / Clinical Terms
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code J66?
ICD-10-CM code J66 represents "Airway disease due to specific organic dust". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.
Is J66 a billable code?
No, J66 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 4 child codes under J66.
What chapter is J66 in?
J66 is in Chapter 10: Diseases of the Respiratory System (codes J00-J99).
What are the subcategories under J66?
J66 has 4 child codes, including: J66.0 (Byssinosis), J66.1 (Flax-dressers' disease), J66.2 (Cannabinosis), J66.8 (Airway disease due to other specific organic dusts).
Are additional codes required with J66?
Yes, when using J66 you should also code: code, where applicable, to identify:; exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22); exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81); history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891); occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31); tobacco dependence (F17.-); tobacco use (Z72.0).
What are the UMLS CUIs for J66?
J66 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0494665. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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