Acute and chronic posttraumatic respiratory failure
Acute-on-chronic respiratory failure
Respiratory failure, acute on chronic
J96.20 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Short description: Acute and chr resp failure, unsp w hypoxia or hypercapnia
The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM J96.20 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J96.20 – other international versions of ICD-10 J96.20 may differ.