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J95.00 ICD-10-CM Code: Unspecified tracheostomy complication

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
4 Excludes2
Risk adjustment
CMS-HCC V28: 1 category · CMS-HCC V22 category 82

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 011 — TRACHEOSTOMY FOR FACE, MOUTH AND NECK DIAGNOSES OR LARYNGECTOMY WITH MCC (MDC PRE)
  • MS-DRG 012 — TRACHEOSTOMY FOR FACE, MOUTH AND NECK DIAGNOSES OR LARYNGECTOMY WITH CC (MDC PRE)
  • MS-DRG 013 — TRACHEOSTOMY FOR FACE, MOUTH AND NECK DIAGNOSES OR LARYNGECTOMY WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC PRE)
  • MS-DRG 205 — OTHER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH MCC (MDC 04)
  • MS-DRG 206 — OTHER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITHOUT MCC (MDC 04)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Risk Adjustment (CMS-HCC)

Payment categories this diagnosis maps to under CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2026.

  • HCC 211 — Respirator Dependence/Tracheostomy Status/Complications (supersedes HCC 212, HCC 213)

Other models: CMS-HCC V22 HCC 82

Risk scores depend on the enrollee's full accepted diagnosis set and segment; a category mapping alone does not determine payment.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for J95.00 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2026Effective: October 1, 2025

Notes without a marker are published on J95.00 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

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

Source: inherited from J95

Coder workflow for J95.00

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code J95.00

  1. Unspecified does not mean incorrect. When the record gives no greater specificity, J95.00 may be the appropriate code. Check the record for detail that supports a more specific sibling. An unspecified code is for records that do not provide the detail a more specific code needs; a query, not an assumption, is the route to specificity (Guidelines I.A.9.b, I.B.18).

    ReviewJ95.01, J95.02, J95.03, J95.04, J95.09

    See the relationships section · Guide: Other vs unspecified (NEC vs NOS) →

Choose the right path

  1. Does the record document the detail a more specific sibling code needs?
    Yes → Review the specific siblings in this subcategory.
    No → Continue — J95.00 is appropriate when the documentation goes no further.

    ReviewJ95.01, J95.02, J95.03, J95.04, J95.09

Consider J95.00. Then confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
Any detail beyond this code’s title
What the record states that a more specific sibling code would capture — or its absence, which itself supports the unspecified code.

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes2 — not part of J95.00(4 notes)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in J95.00. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    CompareJ69, T81.82, J18.2

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: The provider documents the condition in the terms of this code’s title and records no further detail.

Coding question: Is a more specific sibling code supportable?

Path: Review the specific siblings in this subcategory and what each requires the record to state.

Reason: A more specific code needs documentation of the distinguishing element; without it the unspecified code is appropriate, and a provider query is the route to specificity (Guidelines I.A.9.b, I.B.18).

ReviewJ95.01, J95.02, J95.03, J95.04, J95.09

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Code Overview

Unspecified tracheostomy complication is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (J95.00).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Indexed Clinical Terms (1)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Verify Before Coding

  • CC as a secondary diagnosis (FY2026). Can raise the stay's MS-DRG severity tier.

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

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name J95.00 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 2 Excludes1 notes: Z43 — Encounter for attention to artificial openings (via J95.0.-), Z93 — Artificial opening status (via J95.0.-).

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

Referenced by 10 Excludes2 notes: T80 — Complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (via J95.0.-), T80-T88 — Complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (T80-T88) (via J95.0.-), T81 — Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified (via J95.0.-), T82 — Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (via J95.0.-), T83 — Complications of genitourinary prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (via J95.0.-), T84 — Complications of internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (via J95.0.-), T85 — Complications of other internal prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (via J95.0.-), T86 — Complications of transplanted organs and tissue (via J95.0.-), T87 — Complications peculiar to reattachment and amputation (via J95.0.-), T88 — Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified (via J95.0.-).

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2026 MS-DRG: CC — Complication or Comorbidity. Reported as a secondary diagnosis, this code raises the stay's MS-DRG severity tier — except when the principal diagnosis is one of 12 clinically related codes on its CMS exclusion list.

Named in the grouper logic of 5 MS-DRGs: DRG 011 (MDC PRE), DRG 012 (MDC PRE), DRG 013 (MDC PRE), DRG 205 (MDC 04), DRG 206 (MDC 04).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):RSP017 — Postprocedural or postoperative respiratory system complication (default).

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

Related Codes

Same clinical process (MS-DRG)

Acts as CC — raises the severity of other admissions. CMS groups these diagnoses into one MS-DRG principal-diagnosis exclusion process — a CC/MCC on this list never raises severity when the principal diagnosis is also on it.

J22 — Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection, J39.8 — Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract, J95.01 — Hemorrhage from tracheostomy stoma, J95.02 — Infection of tracheostomy stoma, J95.03 — Malfunction of tracheostomy stoma, J95.04 — Tracheo-esophageal fistula following tracheostomy, J95.09 — Other tracheostomy complication, J98.01 — Acute bronchospasm, J98.09 — Other diseases of bronchus, not elsewhere classified, J98.8 — Other specified respiratory disorders, J98.9 — Respiratory disorder, unspecified

Same CMS-HCC risk category (V28)

CMS maps these diagnoses to the same Hierarchical Condition Category (Respirator Dependence/Tracheostomy Status/Complications) for risk-adjusted payment.

J95.01 — Hemorrhage from tracheostomy stoma, J95.02 — Infection of tracheostomy stoma, J95.03 — Malfunction of tracheostomy stoma, J95.04 — Tracheo-esophageal fistula following tracheostomy, J95.09 — Other tracheostomy complication, J95.850 — Mechanical complication of respirator, J95.851 — Ventilator associated pneumonia, J95.859 — Other complication of respirator [ventilator], Z43.0 — Encounter for attention to tracheostomy, Z93.0 — Tracheostomy status, Z99.11 — Dependence on respirator [ventilator] status, Z99.12 — Encounter for respirator [ventilator] dependence during power failure

Related risk categories

These categories interact through CMS's HCC hierarchy — one can suppress the other's risk-adjustment weight when both are present on a claim.

Respiratory Arrest, Cardio-Respiratory Failure and Shock

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Postprocedural or postoperative respiratory system complication).

J95.01 — Hemorrhage from tracheostomy stoma, J95.02 — Infection of tracheostomy stoma, J95.03 — Malfunction of tracheostomy stoma, J95.04 — Tracheo-esophageal fistula following tracheostomy, J95.09 — Other tracheostomy complication, J95.1 — Acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery, J95.2 — Acute pulmonary insufficiency following nonthoracic surgery, J95.3 — Chronic pulmonary insufficiency following surgery, J95.4 — Chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia, J95.5 — Postprocedural subglottic stenosis, J95.61 — Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure complicating a respiratory system procedure, J95.62 — Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure complicating other procedure, J95.71 — Accidental puncture and laceration of a respiratory system organ or structure during a respiratory system procedure, J95.72 — Accidental puncture and laceration of a respiratory system organ or structure during other procedure, J95.811 — Postprocedural pneumothorax, J95.812 — Postprocedural air leak, J95.821 — Acute postprocedural respiratory failure, J95.822 — Acute and chronic postprocedural respiratory failure, J95.830 — Postprocedural hemorrhage of a respiratory system organ or structure following a respiratory system procedure, J95.831 — Postprocedural hemorrhage of a respiratory system organ or structure following other procedure, +11 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of J95.00 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.

Run J95.00 with these 10 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

Referenced by Excludes2 notes (10)

Clinical classification (CCSR)

Risk adjustment (CMS-HCC)

  • HCC 211 — Respirator Dependence/Tracheostomy Status/Complications [CMS-HCC]: “Respirator Dependence/Tracheostomy Status/Complications — supersedes HCC 212 (Respiratory Arrest), HCC 213 (Cardio-Respiratory Failure and Shock)”— CMS-HCC V28 · 2026

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • Pre-MDC[MDC crossing]: “Pre-MDC — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 153 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026
  • MDC 04 — Diseases and Disorders of the Respiratory System[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Respiratory System — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 3,998 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026

Index entries

  • Complication (s) (from) (of), tracheostomy[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026

Nearest codes (40)

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v43 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Risk adjustment Official source data
2026 Mid-Year Final ICD-10 Mappings + Model Software (cms.gov/files/zip/2026-midyear-final-icd-10-mappings.zip, 2026-midyear-final-model-software.zip) — CMS-HCC V28, PY2026 mid-year final release Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

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Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Unspecified tracheostomy complication

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026), and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to J95.00 in its code family, with their registry titles.

View all codes in the J95 family