J20Non-billable
Acute bronchitis
Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system
Includes
7 items
Includes
7 items- •acute and subacute bronchitis (with) bronchospasm
- •acute and subacute bronchitis (with) tracheitis
- •acute and subacute bronchitis (with) tracheobronchitis, acute
- •acute and subacute fibrinous bronchitis
- •acute and subacute membranous bronchitis
- •acute and subacute purulent bronchitis
- •acute and subacute septic bronchitis
Excludes2
11 items
Excludes2
- •acute bronchitis with bronchiectasis (J47.0)
- •acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive asthma (J44.0)
- •acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.0)
- •allergic bronchitis NOS (J45.909-)
- •bronchitis due to chemicals, fumes and vapors (J68.0)
- •chronic bronchitis NOS (J42)
- •chronic mucopurulent bronchitis (J41.1)
- •chronic obstructive bronchitis (J44.-)
- •chronic obstructive tracheobronchitis (J44.-)
- •chronic simple bronchitis (J41.0)
- •chronic tracheobronchitis (J42)
Coding Guidance
J20 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
9 items
Excludes2
From J00-J99:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- •endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- •injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- •neoplasms (C00-D49)
- •smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
- •symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Use Additional Code
7 items
Use Additional Code
Notes
1 item
Notes
From J00-J99:
- •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).