J20.9

Acute bronchitis, unspecified

Billable / specific

J20.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

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
Note: 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).

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J20)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J20)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J20)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J20)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J20)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J20)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J20)
smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J20)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J20)
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0) (from J20)
acute bronchitis with bronchiectasis (J47.0) (from J20)
acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive asthma (J44.0) (from J20)
acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.0) (from J20)
allergic bronchitis NOS (J45.909) (from J20)
bronchitis due to chemicals, fumes and vapors (J68.0) (from J20)
chronic bronchitis NOS (J42) (from J20)
chronic mucopurulent bronchitis (J41.1) (from J20)
chronic obstructive bronchitis (J44.-) (from J20)
chronic obstructive tracheobronchitis (J44.-) (from J20)
chronic simple bronchitis (J41.0) (from J20)
chronic tracheobronchitis (J42) (from J20)

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

code, where applicable, to identify: (from J20)
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J20)
exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J20)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J20)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J20)
tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J20)
tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J20)