Block · Chapter 10

J60-J70 Lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)

Block J60-J70 groups 11 categories with 45 billable codes in FY2027.

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Categories in J60-J70

J60
Coalworker's pneumoconiosis
Carbon lung → J60
- Billable, no subdivisions
- 1 with HCC
J61
Pneumoconiosis due to asbestos and other mineral fibers
Amianthosis → J61
- Billable, no subdivisions
- 1 with HCC
J62
Pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica
Lithosis → J62.8
- 2 billable codes
- 2 with HCC
J63
Pneumoconiosis due to other inorganic dusts
Stannosis → J63.5
- 7 billable codes
- 7 with HCC
J64
Unspecified pneumoconiosis
Pneumoconiosis (due to) (inhalation of) → J64
- Billable, no subdivisions
- 1 with HCC
J65
Pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis
Silicotuberculosis → J65
- Billable, no subdivisions
- 1 with HCC
J66
Airway disease due to specific organic dust
Byssinosis → J66.0
- 4 billable codes
- 4 with HCC
J67
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust
Suberosis → J67.3
- 10 billable codes
- 3 CC
- 10 with HCC
J68
Respiratory conditions due to inhalation of chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors
Meat-wrappers' asthma → J68.9
- 7 billable codes
- 1 CC
- 1 MCC
- 7 with HCC
J69
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids
Detergent asthma → J69.8
- 3 billable codes
- 3 MCC
- 3 with HCC
J70
Respiratory conditions due to other external agents
Poisoning (acute)radiation → J70.0
- 8 billable codes
- 2 CC

Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) → J67, J68, J69, J70 (45 entries)
Disease, diseased → J60, J62, J66, J67, J68, J70 (38 entries)
Pneumoconiosis (due to) (inhalation of) → J60, J61, J62, J63, J64, J65, J66, J67, J68 (31 entries)
Fibrosis, fibrotic → J60, J61, J62, J63, J64, J66, J67, J70 (19 entries)
Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) → J68, J69, J70 (14 entries)
Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic) → J60, J62, J64, J67, J68, J69 (13 entries)
Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous) → J62, J68, J69, J70 (13 entries)
Edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic) → J68, J70 (10 entries)
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) → J65 (9 entries)
Allergy, allergic (reaction) (to) → J67 (5 entries)
Effect, adverse → J70 (4 entries)
Silo-fillers' disease → J68 (4 entries)
Aspiration → J69 (3 entries)
Disorder (of) → J70 (3 entries)
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation) → J68, J70 (3 entries)

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