2025 ICD-10-CM code J95.821
Acute postprocedural respiratory failure. This condition occurs after a procedure.
Medical necessity for the diagnosis of acute postprocedural respiratory failure must be supported by documentation of the patient's clinical presentation, including symptoms, physical exam findings, and diagnostic test results that demonstrate the impaired respiratory function. This condition poses a threat to the life of the patient.
The physician is responsible for diagnosing and managing the patient's respiratory failure, including ordering appropriate diagnostic tests (such as arterial blood gases, chest x-ray, and pulmonary function tests), providing respiratory support (oxygen therapy, mechanical ventilation), and treating any underlying causes.
In simple words: This code describes a serious breathing problem that develops after a medical procedure, where the lungs can't get enough oxygen into the blood or remove enough carbon dioxide.
Acute postprocedural respiratory failure is a condition characterized by the inability of the lungs to adequately oxygenate the blood or remove carbon dioxide following a medical procedure.
Example 1: A patient develops difficulty breathing and low oxygen saturation levels after a colonoscopy and is diagnosed with acute postprocedural respiratory failure., A patient undergoing a heart valve replacement surgery experiences respiratory complications post-operatively and requires mechanical ventilation, coded as J95.821., Following a bronchoscopy, a patient's oxygen levels drop significantly, and the physician diagnoses acute postprocedural respiratory failure.
Documentation should include details of the procedure performed, the onset and severity of respiratory symptoms, arterial blood gas results, chest x-ray findings, treatment provided (oxygen therapy, mechanical ventilation), and the resolution or progression of the respiratory failure.
** Excludes1: Respiratory failure in other conditions (J96.-). Excludes2: aspiration pneumonia (J69.-) emphysema (subcutaneous) resulting from a procedure (T81.82) hypostatic pneumonia (J18.2) pulmonary manifestations due to radiation (J70.0-J70.1)
- Specialties:Pulmonology, Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, Surgery
- Place of Service:Inpatient Hospital, Emergency Room - Hospital