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ICD-10-CM Code for Pulmonary fibrosis, unspecified J84.10

ICD-10 code J84.10 for Pulmonary fibrosis, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the respiratory system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Pulmonary fibrosis, unspecified
Capillary fibrosis of lung
Cirrhosis of lung (chronic) NOS
Fibrosis of lung (atrophic) (chronic) (confluent) (massive) (perialveolar) (peribronchial) NOS
Induration of lung (chronic) NOS
Postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis

J84.1

Excludes1: pulmonary fibrosis (chronic) due to inhalation of chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors (J68.4)
pulmonary fibrosis (chronic) following radiation (J70.1)

J84

Excludes1: drug-induced interstitial lung disorders (J70.2-J70.4)
interstitial emphysema (J98.2)

Excludes2: lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)

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Peribronchial disease
Hi, I'm confused....for a patient with scarring of the lungs found in CxR, which one is more appropiate J84.10 or J98.4? I would appreciate your reply. Thanks... [ Read More ]
Pulmonary Fibrosis vs pulmonary granuloma
Pulmonary fibrosis vs pulmonary granuloma – coding guidelines are not clear and it seems as if the provider documents lung granuloma, the coding guidelines may direct the us to use J84.10 – which ... [ Read More ]
Upper Lobe Granuloma
[QUOTE="KaylaRieken, post: 488381, member: 255474"] Would J84.10 be right for this? [/QUOTE] That is the code I assign for it.... [ Read More ]
Upper Lobe Granuloma
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Pet imaging (78815) w/ c79.51
We are doing CPT 78815-78816 with correct PI or PS and DX is C34.90, J98.4, J84.10 and denies for LCD,... [ Read More ]
Lung Scarring ICD 10 code
Mayo Clinic defines Pulmonary Fibrosis as lung disease that occurs when lung tissue becomes damaged and scarred. If the scarring is an imaging finding then that will be integral to the actual conditio... [ Read More ]
Lung Scarring ICD 10 code
Hi, I have confusion in coding Lung Scarring and Pulmonary Fibrosis, can we code J84.10 for both?... [ Read More ]
Granulomatous lung disease code?
We can go with granuloma of lung J84.10... [ Read More ]
Granulomatous lung disease code?
Hi, The accurate leading code for granuloma of lung is J84.10. Thank you... [ Read More ]
Lung scarring
Would lung "scarring" = pulmonary fibrosis J84.10?... [ Read More ]
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