Abscess of lung without pneumonia
Billable / specificHCC V28 283
J85.2 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
- Abscess of lung NOS
Includes (from J85)
- 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).
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J85)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J85)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J85)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J85)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J85)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J85)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J85)
- smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J85)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J85)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code, where applicable, to identify: (from J85)
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J85)
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J85)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J85)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J85)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J85)
- tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J85)
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent. (from J85)
Also known as
- Abscess of lung NOS
- Abscess, lung
Parent code
- J85Abscess of lung and mediastinumHeader