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J84.17 ICD-10-CM Code: Other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis in diseases classified elsewhere

Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis in diseases classified elsewhere is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (J84.17). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for J84.17 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Code Also

Additional codes that may be required to fully describe the encounter.

  • Code also, if applicable, pulmonary fibrosis (chronic) due to inhalation of chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors (J68.4)
  • Code also, if applicable, associated condition

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on J84.17 name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

Verify Before Coding

  • Not billable as written — a more specific code is required: J84.170, J84.178.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim.

Relationships & Classification

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name J84.17 or its code family.

1 Code Also instructions: I27.23 (via J84.-).

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):RSP016 — Other specified and unspecified lower respiratory disease.

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of J84.17 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

  • J00-J99 — Chapter 10: Diseases of the Respiratory System (J00-J99) (J00-J99) [Hierarchy]

Referenced by Code Also instructions

  • I27.23 — Pulmonary hypertension due to lung diseases and hypoxia [Code Also](via J84.-): “interstitial lung disease (J84.-)” · check together

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • RSP016 — Other specified and unspecified lower respiratory disease [CCSR]

Nearest codes (30)

  • J84 — Other interstitial pulmonary diseases [Sibling]
  • J84.0 — Alveolar and parieto-alveolar conditions [Sibling]
  • J84.01 — Alveolar proteinosis [Sibling]
  • J84.02 — Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis [Sibling]
  • J84.03 — Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis [Sibling]
  • J84.09 — Other alveolar and parieto-alveolar conditions [Sibling]
  • J84.1 — Other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis [Sibling]
  • J84.10 — Pulmonary fibrosis, unspecified [Sibling]
  • and 22 more

Change history

  • FY2021 — Became a non-billable header [Change history]

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Can J84.17 be billed directly?

No. J84.17 (Other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis in diseases classified elsewhere) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to J84.17 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • J84.113 — Idiopathic non-specific interstitial pneumonitis
  • J84.114 — Acute interstitial pneumonitis
  • J84.115 — Respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease
  • J84.116 — Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
  • J84.117 — Desquamative interstitial pneumonia
  • J84.170 — Interstitial lung disease with progressive fibrotic phenotype in diseases classified elsewhere
  • J84.178 — Other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis in diseases classified elsewhere
  • J84.2 — Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia
  • J84.8 — Other specified interstitial pulmonary diseases
  • J84.81 — Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

View all codes in the J84 family