2025 ICD-10-CM code J67.8
(Active) Effective Date: N/A Diseases of the respiratory system - Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to other organic dusts 10 Feed
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by various organic dusts, including cheese-washer's lung, coffee-worker's lung, fish-meal worker's lung, furrier's lung, and sequoiosis.
Medical necessity is established by the presence of signs, symptoms, and diagnostic evidence consistent with hypersensitivity pneumonitis, linked to exposure to a specific organic dust.
In simple words: This condition, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, is a type of lung inflammation caused by breathing in certain organic dusts, like those found in some jobs.
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to other organic dusts. This includes allergic alveolitis and pneumonitis caused by inhaling organic dust and particles from sources such as fungi, actinomycetes, or other origins, excluding pneumonitis from chemicals, gases, fumes, or vapors (J68.0).
Example 1: A cheese worker develops hypersensitivity pneumonitis after prolonged exposure to cheese dust., A coffee worker experiences respiratory symptoms and is diagnosed with hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to coffee dust exposure., A person working in a fish processing plant develops hypersensitivity pneumonitis after inhaling fish meal dust.
Documentation should include the type of organic dust exposure, the duration of exposure, symptoms, clinical findings, and diagnostic test results (e.g., chest X-ray, pulmonary function tests, bronchoalveolar lavage).
- Specialties:Pulmonology, Occupational Medicine, Allergy and Immunology
- Place of Service:Inpatient Hospital, On Campus-Outpatient Hospital, Off Campus-Outpatient Hospital, Office, Independent Clinic, Federally Qualified Health Center