J84.1
Header — not billableOther interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis
The ICD-10 code for other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosis is J84.1.
J84.1 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Code also
Two codes may be needed to fully describe a condition, but unlike Code First/Use Additional Code, the sequencing order is not mandated by convention.
- , if applicable, pulmonary fibrosis (chronic) due to inhalation of chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors (J68.4)
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- pulmonary fibrosis (chronic) following radiation (J70.1)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- J84.0Alveolar and parieto-alveolar conditionsnon-billable header
- J84.2Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia
- J84.8Other specified interstitial pulmonary diseasesnon-billable header
- J84.9Interstitial pulmonary disease, unspecified
- J84.1Other interstitial pulmonary diseases with fibrosisnon-billable header