J95.89 ICD-10-CM Code: Other postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for J95.89 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Notes without a marker are published on J95.89 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Coder workflow for J95.89

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

Before you code J95.89

1. “Other” (NEC) means the condition is specified in the record but no dedicated code captures it. Confirm the documented form is not one a sibling code names before settling on J95.89; if the record states no specifics at all, the unspecified sibling applies instead. “Other” codes are for documented conditions the classification gives no specific code; “unspecified” codes are for records lacking the detail (Guidelines I.A.9.a, I.A.9.b).

   ReviewJ95.81, J95.82, J95.83, J95.84, J95.85, J95.86, J95.87

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

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).

The conditions the Use Additional Code note names

Reported with this code when documented; a conditional instruction (“if applicable”, “if known”) applies only when the record supports it.

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 J95.89(6 notes)

  Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in J95.89. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

  CompareJ95.1, J95.5, J69, T81.82, J18.2

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

• Use Additional Code — after identifying J95.89(3 notes)

  Coding workflow: Check whether the documentation supports the additional code(s) the note names, and report them with J95.89 when it does. Where the instruction is conditional (“if applicable”, “if known”), it applies only when the record documents the condition.

  ReviewJ69

  See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.13

Coding decision scenarios

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

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.

Indexed Clinical Terms (4)

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.

• Complication (s) (from) (of), postprocedural, specified NEC, respiratory system
• Complication (s) (from) (of), respiratory system, postoperative
• Complication (s) (from) (of), respiratory system, postoperative, specified NEC
• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved), resulting from a procedure

Don’t confuse J95.89 with…

MedCoder analysis — pairs from this code’s official notes, distinctions written by MedCoder

The codes most likely to be picked instead of J95.89 — named in its own official notes, or sharing its laterality or encounter family — with what separates them and which documentation moves the case. Each links to the full comparison.

• J95.1— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

  Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

  A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

  What moves you there: Documentation of acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery adds J95.1; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

  Full comparison: J95.89 vs J95.1 →

• J95.5— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

  Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

  A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

  What moves you there: Documentation of postprocedural subglottic stenosis adds J95.5; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

  Full comparison: J95.89 vs J95.5 →

• J69— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

  Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

  A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

  What moves you there: Documentation of aspiration pneumonia adds J69; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

  Full comparison: J95.89 vs J69 →

• T81.82— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

  Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

  A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

  What moves you there: Documentation of emphysema (subcutaneous) resulting from a procedure adds T81.82; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

  Full comparison: J95.89 vs T81.82 →

• J18.2— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

  Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

  A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

  What moves you there: Documentation of hypostatic pneumonia adds J18.2; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

  Full comparison: J95.89 vs J18.2 →

• J70.0— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

  Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

  A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

  What moves you there: Documentation of pulmonary manifestations due to radiation adds J70.0; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

  Full comparison: J95.89 vs J70.0 →

Relationships are read from this code's own official notes, its laterality siblings and its encounter family; the wording of each distinction is MedCoder editorial, and the documentation named in each “what moves you there” line is the official note phrase or sibling title itself. Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a.

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

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

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 54 clinically related codes on its CMS exclusion list.

Named in the grouper logic of 4 MS-DRGs: DRG 205 (MDC 04), DRG 206 (MDC 04), DRG 791 (MDC 15), DRG 793 (MDC 15).

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.

H95.88 — Other intraoperative complications and disorders of the ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified, H95.89 — Other postprocedural complications and disorders of the ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified, I97.3 — Postprocedural hypertension, J95.4 — Chemical pneumonitis due to anesthesia, J95.5 — Postprocedural subglottic stenosis, J95.84 — Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI), J95.851 — Ventilator associated pneumonia, J95.859 — Other complication of respirator [ventilator], J95.87 — Transfusion-associated dyspnea (TAD), J95.88 — Other intraoperative complications of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified, L76.81 — Other intraoperative complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue, L76.82 — Other postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue, M96.89 — Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of the musculoskeletal system, N98.1 — Hyperstimulation of ovaries, N98.2 — Complications of attempted introduction of fertilized ovum following in vitro fertilization, N98.3 — Complications of attempted introduction of embryo in embryo transfer, N98.8 — Other complications associated with artificial fertilization, N98.9 — Complication associated with artificial fertilization, unspecified, T81.82XA — Emphysema (subcutaneous) resulting from a procedure, initial encounter, T81.89XA — Other complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter, +33 more

Same clinical category (CCSR)

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

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, J95.84 — Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI), J95.850 — Mechanical complication of respirator, J95.851 — Ventilator associated pneumonia, J95.859 — Other complication of respirator [ventilator], J95.860 — Postprocedural hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure following a respiratory system procedure, J95.861 — Postprocedural hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure following other procedure, J95.862 — Postprocedural seroma of a respiratory system organ or structure following a respiratory system procedure, J95.863 — Postprocedural seroma of a respiratory system organ or structure following other procedure, J95.87 — Transfusion-associated dyspnea (TAD), J95.88 — Other intraoperative complications of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified, +11 more

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main term “Pneumonia”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

J84.112 — Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (interstitial, usual), J84.113 — Idiopathic non-specific interstitial pneumonitis (interstitial, non-specific, idiopathic), J84.116 — Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (cryptogenic organizing), J84.117 — Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (desquamative interstitial), J84.178 — Other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis in diseases classified elsewhere (interstitial, lymphocytic), J84.2 — Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia (lymphoid interstitial), J84.89 — Other specified interstitial pulmonary diseases (organizing), J84.9 — Interstitial pulmonary disease, unspecified (interstitial), J85.0 — Gangrene and necrosis of lung (necrotic), J85.1 — Abscess of lung with pneumonia (with, lung abscess), P23.0 — Congenital pneumonia due to viral agent (viral, virus, congenital), P23.1 — Congenital pneumonia due to Chlamydia (chlamydial, congenital), P23.2 — Congenital pneumonia due to staphylococcus (congenital, due to, Staphylococcus), P23.3 — Congenital pneumonia due to streptococcus, group B (congenital, due to, Streptococcus, group B), P23.4 — Congenital pneumonia due to Escherichia coli (congenital, due to, Escherichia coli), P23.5 — Congenital pneumonia due to Pseudomonas (congenital, due to, Pseudomonas), P23.6 — Congenital pneumonia due to other bacterial agents (congenital, due to, Mycoplasma), P23.8 — Congenital pneumonia due to other organisms (congenital, specified NEC), P23.9 — Congenital pneumonia, unspecified (neonatal), P24.01 — Meconium aspiration with respiratory symptoms (meconium), +80 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of J95.89 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 J95.89 with these 10 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

• J00-J99 — Chapter 10: Diseases of the Respiratory System (J00-J99) (J00-J99)[Hierarchy]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026

Excludes2

• J95.1 — Acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery[Excludes2]: “acute pulmonary insufficiency following thoracic surgery (J95.1)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026
• J95.5 — Postprocedural subglottic stenosis[Excludes2]: “postprocedural subglottic stenosis (J95.5)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026

Use Additional Code

• J12 — Viral pneumonia, not elsewhere classified[Use Additional Code]: “bacterial or viral pneumonia (J12-J18)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026
• J13 — Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae[Use Additional Code]: “bacterial or viral pneumonia (J12-J18)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026
• J14 — Pneumonia due to Hemophilus influenzae[Use Additional Code]: “bacterial or viral pneumonia (J12-J18)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026
• J15 — Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified[Use Additional Code]: “bacterial or viral pneumonia (J12-J18)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026
• J16 — Pneumonia due to other infectious organisms, not elsewhere classified[Use Additional Code]: “bacterial or viral pneumonia (J12-J18)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026
• J17 — Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere[Use Additional Code]: “bacterial or viral pneumonia (J12-J18)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026
• J18 — Pneumonia, unspecified organism[Use Additional Code]: “bacterial or viral pneumonia (J12-J18)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026
• J69 — Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids[Use Additional Code]: “aspiration pneumonia (J69.-)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026

Clinical classification (CCSR)

• RSP017 — Postprocedural or postoperative respiratory system complication[CCSR]— AHRQ CCSR for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses (HCUP)

MS-DRG Grouper

• CC — Complication or Comorbidity [MS-DRG severity]: “As a secondary diagnosis this code can raise the stay's MS-DRG severity tier (CC).”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix C) · FY2026
• DRG 205 — OTHER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH MCC[MS-DRG]: “OTHER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH MCC (MDC 04)”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
• DRG 206 — OTHER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITHOUT MCC[MS-DRG]: “OTHER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITHOUT MCC (MDC 04)”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
• DRG 791 — PREMATURITY WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS[MS-DRG]: “PREMATURITY WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS (MDC 15)”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
• DRG 793 — FULL TERM NEONATE WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS[MS-DRG]: “FULL TERM NEONATE WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS (MDC 15)”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026

MDC crossing

• 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
• MDC 15 — Newborns and Other Neonates with Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period[MDC crossing]: “Newborns and Other Neonates with Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period — 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.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026

Index entries

• Complication (s) (from) (of), postprocedural, specified NEC, respiratory system[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
• Complication (s) (from) (of), respiratory system, postoperative[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
• Complication (s) (from) (of), respiratory system, postoperative, specified NEC[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved), resulting from a procedure[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026

Nearest codes (40)

• J95 — Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• J95.0 — Tracheostomy complications[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• J95.00 — Unspecified tracheostomy complication[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• J95.01 — Hemorrhage from tracheostomy stoma[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• J95.02 — Infection of tracheostomy stoma[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• J95.03 — Malfunction of tracheostomy stoma[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• J95.04 — Tracheo-esophageal fistula following tracheostomy[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• J95.09 — Other tracheostomy complication[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• and 32 more

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

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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

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

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Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to J95.89 in its code family, with their registry titles.

• J95.85 — Complication of respirator [ventilator]
• J95.850 — Mechanical complication of respirator
• J95.851 — Ventilator associated pneumonia
• J95.859 — Other complication of respirator [ventilator]
• J95.86 — Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a respiratory system organ or structure following a procedure
• J95.860 — Postprocedural hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure following a respiratory system procedure
• J95.861 — Postprocedural hematoma of a respiratory system organ or structure following other procedure
• J95.862 — Postprocedural seroma of a respiratory system organ or structure following a respiratory system procedure
• J95.863 — Postprocedural seroma of a respiratory system organ or structure following other procedure
• J95.87 — Transfusion-associated dyspnea (TAD)

View all codes in the J95 family