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J96.99: Respiratory failure, unspecified Type unspecified

You have too little oxygen in your blood.

You may have had this condition for a long time or it might be more recent. You may also have more carbon dioxide in your blood than normal.

You need lungs to breath. When we breathe in, oxygen enters the lungs and accumulates in the blood. This blood then flows to the heart. The heart then pumps the oxygen-rich blood throughout the body. All of the organs are supplied with oxygen as a result. If the oxygen in the body’s cells gets used up, carbon dioxide then forms. The carbon dioxide gets into the lungs via the blood vessels. It is released into the air in the lungs there and exhaled.

Your lungs may have been taking in too little oxygen and may also have been releasing too little carbon dioxide for a long time.

The reasons for this may lie in the lungs themselves, for example, or in another organ.

Additional indicator

On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.

  • G: Confirmed diagnosis
  • V: Tentative diagnosis
  • Z: Condition after
  • A: Excluded diagnosis
  • L: Left
  • R: Right
  • B: Both sides

Further information

Note

This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.
Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.

Source

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).