J45Asthma
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J4B)
Coding Notes
Includes
- 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 (never code both together)
- detergent asthma (J69.8)
- miner's asthma (J60)
- wheezing NOS (R06.2)
- wood asthma (J67.8)
Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)
- 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
- 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)
Subcategories (5)
- J45.2 Mild intermittent asthma
- J45.3 Mild persistent asthma
- J45.4 Moderate persistent asthma
- J45.5 Severe persistent asthma
- J45.9 Other and unspecified asthma