J44.9Billable
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified
Inclusion Terms
2 items
Inclusion Terms
- •Chronic obstructive airway disease NOS
- •Chronic obstructive lung disease NOS
Excludes2
1 item
Excludes2
- •lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)
Billable Code
J44.9 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
Abnormal Pulmonary Function Studies
Asthma with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Bullous Emphysema
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Bronchitis as a component of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Asthma
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Asthma
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Unspecified
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Emphysema
End-Stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Hyperinflation of lungs
Lung Hyperinflation
Mucus Plug Obstruction
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Pulmonary Function Testing
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
8 items
Includes
From J44:
- •asthma with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- •chronic asthmatic (obstructive) bronchitis
- •chronic bronchitis with airway obstruction
- •chronic bronchitis with emphysema
- •chronic emphysematous bronchitis
- •chronic obstructive asthma
- •chronic obstructive bronchitis
- •chronic obstructive tracheobronchitis
Excludes2
11 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).