J44Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J4B)
Coding Notes
Includes
- 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 (not part of this condition — may code both)
- bronchiectasis (J47.-)
- chronic bronchitis NOS (J42)
- chronic simple and mucopurulent bronchitis (J41.-)
- chronic tracheitis (J42)
- chronic tracheobronchitis (J42)
- emphysema without chronic bronchitis (J43.-)
Code Also
- type of asthma, if applicable (J45.-)
Subcategories (4)
- J44.0 Chr obstructive pulmon disease with (acute) lower resp infct
- J44.1 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w (acute) exacerbation
- J44.8 Other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- J44.9 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified