2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

J96 Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified

  • Non-billable
  • 2016–2025

J96 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Respiratory failure, not elsewhere classified.

Type 1 excludes

  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)

  • Cardiorespiratory failure (R09.2)

  • Newborn respiratory distress syndrome (P22.0)

  • Postprocedural respiratory failure (J95.82-)

  • Respiratory arrest (R09.2)

  • Respiratory arrest of newborn (P28.81)

  • Respiratory failure of newborn (P28.5)

Codes

Versions

  1. 2025

    No changes

  2. 2024

    No changes

  3. 2023

    No changes

  4. 2022

    No changes

  5. 2021

    No changes

  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    No changes

  8. 2018

    No changes

  9. 2017

    No changes

  10. 2016

    New code