What Is the Icd 10 Code for Restrictive Lung Disease

The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM J84. 10 became effective on October 1, 2021.

How do you code restrictive lung disease?

According to Coding Clinic, chronic restrictive lung disease is assigned to code 518.89, Other diseases of lung, not elsewhere classified. It also says that chronic restrictive lung disease “is an ill-defined term, however, and should be used only when the condition cannot be described more specifically.”

What is the difference between obstructive and restrictive respiratory diseases?

Obstructive lung diseases include conditions that make it hard to exhale all the air in the lungs. People with restrictive lung disease have difficulty fully expanding their lungs with air.

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