J67.8 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to other organic dusts
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.
Applicable to
- Cheese-washer's lung
- Coffee-worker's lung
- Fish-meal worker's lung
- Furrier's lung
- Sequoiosis
Applies from J67 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust
Includes
- allergic alveolitis and pneumonitis due to inhaled organic dust and particles of fungal, actinomycetic or other origin
Excludes1 (never code together)
- pneumonitis due to inhalation of chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors (J68.0)
Risk adjustment (HCC)
- CMS-HCC V28: HCC 280 — Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Interstitial Lung Disorders, and Other Chronic Lung Disorders
- CMS-HCC V22: HCC 112 — Fibrosis of Lung and Other Chronic Lung Disorders
- ESRD V24: HCC 112
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 196-198 in MDC 04.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
495.8 Other specified allergic alveolitis and pneumonitis
Code annotations containing back-references to J67.8
Back-references to J67.8
- Type 1 Excludes:
J45 Asthma ("wood asthma (J67.8)")
Back-references to J67
- Type 2 Excludes:
J18 Pneumonia, unspecified organism ("pneumonitis due to external agents (J67-J70)") - Type 2 Excludes:
J44.1 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with (acute) exacerbation ("lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)") - Type 2 Excludes:
J44.9 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified ("lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)") - Type 2 Excludes:
J45.909 Unspecified asthma, uncomplicated ("lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)") - Type 2 Excludes:
J66 Airway disease due to specific organic dust ("allergic alveolitis (J67.-)") - Type 2 Excludes:
J66 Airway disease due to specific organic dust ("hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust (J67.-)") - Type 1 Excludes:
J81 Pulmonary edema ("pulmonary edema due to external agents (J60-J70)") - Type 2 Excludes:
J84 Other interstitial pulmonary diseases ("lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)") - Code First:
J84.170 Interstitial lung disease with progressive fibrotic phenotype in diseases classified elsewhere ("lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)")
Diagnosis Index entries for J67.8
- Allergy, allergic (reaction) (to) › alveolitis (extrinsic) › specified type NEC
- Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic) › red cedar
- Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic) › sequoiosis
- Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic) › wood
- Cheese-washer's lung
- Cheese-worker's lung
- Coffee-worker's lung
- Disease, diseased › grainhandler's
- Disease, diseased › pituitary-snuff-taker's
- Fishmeal-worker's lung
- Furrier's lung
- Grainhandler's disease or lung
- Pituitary-snuff-taker's disease
- Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) › allergic (due to) › organic dust NEC
- Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) › allergic (due to) › red cedar dust
- Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) › allergic (due to) › sequoiosis
- Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) › allergic (due to) › wood dust
- Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) › hypersensitivity › specified organic dust NEC
- Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) › wood-dust
- Red-cedar lung or pneumonitis
- Sequoiosis lung or pneumonitis
- Wood lung or pneumonitis
Nearby codes
J67.3 SuberosisJ67.4 Maltworker's lungJ67.5 Mushroom-worker's lungJ67.6 Maple-bark-stripper's lungJ67.7 Air conditioner and humidifier lungJ67.8 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to other organic dusts (this code)J67.9 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to unspecified organic dust