J67.8

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to other organic dusts

Billable / specificHCC V28 280

J67.8 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

  • Cheese-washer's lung
  • Coffee-worker's lung
  • Fish-meal worker's lung
  • Furrier's lung
  • Sequoiosis

Includes (from J67)

  • allergic alveolitis and pneumonitis due to inhaled organic dust and particles of fungal, actinomycetic or other origin
  • 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.

  • pneumonitis due to inhalation of chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors (J68.0) (from J67)

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J67)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J67)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J67)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J67)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J67)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J67)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J67)
  • smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J67)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J67)
  • asthma (J45.-) (from J67)
  • malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34.-) (from J67)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code, where applicable, to identify: (from J67)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J67)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J67)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J67)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J67)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J67)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J67)

Also known as

  • Cheese-washer's lung
  • Coffee-worker's lung
  • Fish-meal worker's lung
  • Furrier's lung
  • Sequoiosis
  • Allergy, allergic, alveolitis, specified type NEC
  • Asthma, asthmatic, red cedar
  • Asthma, asthmatic, sequoiosis
  • Asthma, asthmatic, wood
  • Cheese-worker's lung
  • Disease, diseased, grainhandler's
  • Disease, diseased, pituitary-snuff-taker's
  • Fishmeal-worker's lung
  • Grainhandler's disease or lung
  • Pituitary-snuff-taker's disease
  • Pneumonitis, allergic, organic dust NEC
  • Pneumonitis, allergic, red cedar dust

Parent code

  • J67Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dustHeader

Related codes

  • J67.0Farmer's lungBillable
  • J67.1BagassosisBillable
  • J67.2Bird fancier's lungBillable
  • J67.3SuberosisBillable
  • J67.4Maltworker's lungBillable
  • J67.5Mushroom-worker's lungBillable
  • J67.6Maple-bark-stripper's lungBillable
  • J67.7Air conditioner and humidifier lungBillable
  • J67.9Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to unspecified organic dustBillable

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