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J96.20 - Acute and chronic respiratory failure, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia


The ICD 10 Code for Acute and chronic respiratory failure, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia is listed as J96.20.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: J96.20
Description: Acute and chronic respiratory failure, unspecified whether with hypoxia or hypercapnia
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
189 - Pulmonary Edema & Respiratory Failure
928 - Full Thickness Burn W Skin Graft Or Inhal Inj W Cc/mcc
929 - Full Thickness Burn W Skin Graft Or Inhal Inj W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
Block Other diseases of the respiratory system (J96-J99)
Parent J96.2 - Acute and chronic respiratory failure
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 518.53 - Acute and chronic respiratory failure following trauma and surgery (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 518.84 - Acute and chronic respiratory failure (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of J96.20:
J96.21 - Acute and chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia
J96.22 - Acute and chronic respiratory failure with hypercapnia