J62.8

Pneumoconiosis due to other dust containing silica

Billable / specificHCC V28 280

J62.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Silicosis NOS

Includes (from J62)

  • silicotic fibrosis (massive) of lung
  • Note: When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • pneumoconiosis with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65) (from J62)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J62)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J62)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J62)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J62)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J62)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J62)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J62)
  • smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J62)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J62)
  • asthma (J45.-) (from J62)
  • malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.-) (from J62)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code, where applicable, to identify: (from J62)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J62)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J62)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J62)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J62)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J62)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J62)

Also known as

  • Silicosis NOS
  • Asthma, asthmatic, grinder's
  • Asthma, asthmatic, potter's
  • Asthma, asthmatic, sandblaster's
  • Asthma, asthmatic, stonemason's
  • Bronchitis, moulder's
  • Calcicosis
  • Chalicosis
  • Disease, diseased, ganister
  • Disease, diseased, metal-polisher's
  • Disease, diseased, stonemason's
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic, lung, with calcicosis
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic, lung, with chalicosis
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic, lung, with ganister disease
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic, lung, with silicosis
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic, lung, silicotic

Parent code

  • J62Pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silicaHeader

Related codes

  • J62.0Pneumoconiosis due to talc dustBillable

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