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ICD-10 J20 - Acute bronchitis
Chapter 10 Section J20-J22

J20

ICD-10 Not billable

Acute bronchitis

Use additional code:
  • code, where applicable, to identify: (per Chapter 10)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (per Chapter 10)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (per Chapter 10)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (per Chapter 10)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (per Chapter 10)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) (per Chapter 10)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) (per Chapter 10)
Specifically for this code:
  • acute and subacute bronchitis (with) bronchospasm
  • acute and subacute bronchitis (with) tracheitis
  • acute and subacute bronchitis (with) tracheobronchitis, acute
  • acute and subacute fibrinous bronchitis
  • acute and subacute membranous bronchitis
  • acute and subacute purulent bronchitis
  • acute and subacute septic bronchitis
Specifically for this code:
  • bronchitis NOS (J40)
  • tracheobronchitis NOS (J40)
Specifically for this code:
  • acute bronchitis with bronchiectasis (J47.0)
  • acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive asthma (J44.0)
  • acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.0)
  • allergic bronchitis NOS (J45.909-)
  • bronchitis due to chemicals, fumes and vapors (J68.0)
  • chronic bronchitis NOS (J42)
  • chronic mucopurulent bronchitis (J41.1)
  • chronic obstructive bronchitis (J44.-)
  • chronic obstructive tracheobronchitis (J44.-)
  • chronic simple bronchitis (J41.0)
  • chronic tracheobronchitis (J42)
From Section J20-J22:
  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)
From Chapter 10:
  • 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 Chapter 10:
  • 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).
J20 is a "category code," which means it's non-billable. Billable codes require more specificity. Use the list below to navigate to codes that are more specific:
10
J20.0
Acute bronchitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Billable
10
J20.1
Acute bronchitis due to Hemophilus influenzae
Billable
10
J20.2
Acute bronchitis due to streptococcus
Billable
10
J20.3
Acute bronchitis due to coxsackievirus
Billable
10
J20.4
Acute bronchitis due to parainfluenza virus
Billable
10
J20.5
Acute bronchitis due to respiratory syncytial virus
Billable
10
J20.6
Acute bronchitis due to rhinovirus
Billable
10
J20.7
Acute bronchitis due to echovirus
Billable
10
J20.8
Acute bronchitis due to other specified organisms
Billable
10
J20.9
Acute bronchitis, unspecified
Billable
      
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