J40Bronchitis, not specified as acute or chronic
ICD-10-CM billable/specific code — part of Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J4B)
Coding Notes
Inclusion Terms
- Bronchitis NOS
- Bronchitis with tracheitis NOS
- Catarrhal bronchitis
- Tracheobronchitis NOS
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- acute bronchitis (J20.-)
- allergic bronchitis NOS (J45.909)
- asthmatic bronchitis NOS (J45.9-)
- bronchitis due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors (J68.0)
Use Additional Code
- code 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)