J39.8 Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applies from J39 Other diseases of upper respiratory tract

Excludes1 (never code together)

• acute respiratory infection NOS (J22)
• acute upper respiratory infection (J06.9)
• upper respiratory inflammation due to chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors (J68.2)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 011-013 in MDC PRE.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 478.9 Other and unspecified diseases of upper respiratory tract (approximate)
• 519.19 Other diseases of trachea and bronchus (approximate)

Diagnosis Index entries for J39.8

• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › trachea
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › upper › respiratory
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › trachea
• Anosmia › postinfectional
• Atrophy, atrophic (of) › trachea
• Atrophy, atrophic (of) › upper respiratory tract
• Calcification › trachea
• Change (s) (in) (of) › hypertrophic › upper respiratory tract
• Cicatrix (adherent) (contracted) (painful) (vicious) › trachea
• Collapse › trachea
• Compression › trachea
• Deformity › trachea (rings) (congenital) › acquired
• Deviation (in) › trachea
• Disease, diseased › respiratory (tract) › acute or subacute NOS › noninfectious
• Disease, diseased › respiratory (tract) › upper › noninfectious NEC
• Disease, diseased › respiratory (tract) › upper › specified NEC
• Disease, diseased › trachea NEC
• Diverticulum, diverticula (multiple) › trachea (acquired)
• Dyskinesia › trachea
• Hypersecretion › upper respiratory
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › respiratory (tract) NEC › upper (acute) NOS › chronic
• Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic) › trachea
• Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive › trachea
• Ossification › trachea
• Perichondritis › trachea
• Scar, scarring › trachea
• Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › trachea
• Stricture › trachea
• Tracheocele (external) (internal)
• Tracheomalacia
• Tracheostenosis
• Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › trachea

Nearby codes

• J39 Other diseases of upper respiratory tract
• J39.0 Retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscess
• J39.1 Other abscess of pharynx
• J39.2 Other diseases of pharynx
• J39.3 Upper respiratory tract hypersensitivity reaction, site unspecified
• J39.8 Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract (this code)
• J39.9 Disease of upper respiratory tract, unspecified