J20.9Billable
Acute bronchitis, unspecified
Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system
Billable Code
J20.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for acute bronchitis
acute bronchitis
View TemplatesAcute Bronchitis
View documentation for acute bronchitis with asthma
acute bronchitis with asthma
View TemplatesAcute Bronchitis with Asthma Exacerbation
View documentation for acute respiratory infection
acute respiratory infection
View TemplatesAcute Respiratory Infection
View documentation for acute tracheobronchitis
acute tracheobronchitis
View TemplatesAcute Tracheobronchitis
View documentation for bronchitis asthma
bronchitis asthma
View TemplatesBronchitis with Asthma
View documentation for bronchitis with asthma
bronchitis with asthma
View TemplatesAsthma with Acute Bronchitis
View documentation for bronchitis with bronchospasm
bronchitis with bronchospasm
View TemplatesAcute Bronchitis with Bronchospasm
View documentation for chest congestion
chest congestion
View TemplatesRespiratory Congestion
View documentation for copd with acute bronchitis
copd with acute bronchitis
View TemplatesChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Acute Bronchitis
View documentation for productive cough
productive cough
View TemplatesProductive Cough
View documentation for rhonchi
rhonchi
View TemplatesRhonchi
View documentation for tracheobronchitis
tracheobronchitis
View TemplatesTracheobronchitis
View documentation for viral bronchitis
viral bronchitis
View TemplatesAcute Bronchitis due to Viral Infection
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:
Includes
7 items
Includes
From J20:
- •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
20 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)
From J20:
- •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)
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).