DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

J92 Pleural plaque

  • Header · not billable

J92 is not billable. The category heads 2 billable codes in FY2027: the 2 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Thickeningpleura → J92.9
  • Plaque(s)pleural (without asbestos) → J92.9
  • Thickeningpleurawith asbestos → J92.0

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 10 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
  2. J90-J94 Other diseases of the pleura (J90-J94)
  3. J92 Pleural plaque
Billable codes
2
Subdivisions
2
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
4

Codes in J92

  1. J92.0
    Pleural plaque with presence of asbestos
    Billable
  2. J92.9
    Pleural plaque without asbestos
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Pleural plaque NOS

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At J92

Includes

  • pleural thickening

Notes that also apply

Chapter 10 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 9, Use additional code 7): printed on the chapter 10 page.

Index entries

  • Plaque(s)pleural (without asbestos) → J92.9
  • Thickeningpleura → J92.9
  • Plaque(s)pleural (without asbestos)with asbestos → J92.0
  • Thickeningpleurawith asbestos → J92.0

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