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J45.909
Billable

Unspecified asthma, uncomplicated

Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system

Inclusion Terms

1 item
  • Asthma NOS

Excludes2

1 item
  • lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)

Billable Code

J45.909 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

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Unspecified Conditions in ICD-10

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asthma not otherwise specified
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Asthma, unspecified

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asthma unspecified
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Asthma, unspecified

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diagnostic
Primary
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Diagnostic Coding in ICD-10

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difference between and 10
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International Classification of Diseases, Ninth and Tenth Revisions

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exercise-induced asthma
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Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm

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icd 10 j45 909
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Unspecified asthma, uncomplicated

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reactive airway disease
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Reactive Airway Disease

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.

Inclusion Terms

3 items

From J45.90:

  • Asthmatic bronchitis NOS
  • Childhood asthma NOS
  • Late onset asthma

Includes

9 items

From J45:

  • allergic (predominantly) asthma
  • allergic bronchitis NOS
  • allergic rhinitis with asthma
  • atopic asthma
  • extrinsic allergic asthma
  • hay fever with asthma
  • idiosyncratic asthma
  • intrinsic nonallergic asthma
  • nonallergic asthma

Excludes1

4 items

From J45:

  • detergent asthma (J69.8)
  • miner's asthma (J60)
  • wheezing NOS (R06.2)
  • wood asthma (J67.8)

Excludes2

13 items

From J00-J99:

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • 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 J45:

  • asthma with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.89)
  • chronic asthmatic (obstructive) bronchitis (J44.89)
  • chronic obstructive asthma (J44.89)
  • other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.89)

Use Additional Code

15 items

From J00-J99:

  • code, where applicable, to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)

From J45:

  • code to identify:
  • eosinophilic asthma (J82.83)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)

Notes

1 item

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).
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