J67.8 ICD-10-CA code: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to other organic dusts
J67.8 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to other organic dusts” in CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026.
Official description
J67.8Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to other organic dusts
Short description: Hypersens pneumonitis dt oth organ dust
ICD-10-CA · Canada · Also written J678
Index terms
Entries in CIHI’s alphabetical index that lead to J67.8. Searching the index by the condition the note names is how coders reach this code.
- Furrier lung
- Cheese washer lung
- Cheese worker lung
- Coffee worker lung
- Fishmeal worker lung
- Wood lung or pneumonitis
- Grainhandler disease or lung
- Pituitary snuff taker disease
- Red cedar lung or pneumonitis
- Disease, diseased, grainhandler
- Sequoiosis, lung, or pneumonitis
- Disease, diseased, pituitary snuff taker
- Pneumonitis (acute) (primary), allergic (due to), wood dust
- Pneumonitis (acute) (primary), allergic (due to), sequoiosis
- Pneumonitis (acute) (primary), allergic (due to), red cedar dust
- Pneumonitis (acute) (primary), allergic (due to), organic dust NEC
- Alveolitis, allergic (extrinsic), due to, inhaled organic dusts NEC
Notes for J67.8
As CIHI prints them, with any note J67.8 takes from the headings above it.
Includes
- Cheese-washer lungCoffee-worker lungFishmeal-worker lungFurrier lungSequoiosis
- Allergic alveolitis and pneumonitis due to inhaled organic dust and particles of fungal, actinomycetic or other originFrom J67 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust
Excludes
Conditions classified elsewhere.
- Pneumonitis due to inhalation of chemicals, gases, fumes or vapours (J68.0)From J67 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust
- Asthma classified to J45.-From J60-J70 Lung diseases due to external agents
- Certain:• conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)• infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)neoplasms (C00-D48)symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)From Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
Note
- When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g., tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).From Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
Where J67.8 sits
- 1ChapterChapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
- 2Block J60-J70Lung diseases due to external agents
- 3Category J67Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust
- 4Valid code J67.8Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to other organic dusts
Source and release
- Data release
- ICD-10-CA · FY 2026–2027
- Effective date
- Apr 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CIHI
This page is built from the ICD-10-CA catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s FY 2026–2027 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
What does ICD-10-CA code J67.8 mean?
J67.8 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to other organic dusts” in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release.
Where is J67.8 in ICD-10-CA?
J67.8 sits under J67 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust, within J60-J70 Lung diseases due to external agents, within Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99).
What coding notes apply to J67.8?
ICD-10-CA lists Includes, Excludes, Note notes for J67.8, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.
Which ICD-10-CA release does this page use?
It uses CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.