Emergency: 119
AMDA-IMIC

J81 Pulmonary edema

Category / Non-billable header 2 subcodes

Block: Other respiratory diseases principally affecting the interstitium (J80-J84)

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • chemical (acute) pulmonary edema (J68.1)
  • hypostatic pneumonia (J18.2)
  • passive pneumonia (J18.2)
  • pulmonary edema due to external agents (J60-J70)
  • pulmonary edema with heart disease NOS (I50.1)
  • pulmonary edema with heart failure (I50.1)

Use Additional Code

  • code to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)

Subcodes

Each subcode links to a detail page with full clinical annotations.

Code Description Billable
J81..0 Acute pulmonary edema Yes
J81..1 Chronic pulmonary edema Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026