J44.81

Bronchiolitis obliterans and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome

Billable / specificHCC V28 280

J44.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Obliterative bronchiolitis

Includes (from J44)

  • 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
  • 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).

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • bronchitis due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors (J68.0) (from J44)

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J44)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J44)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J44)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J44)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J44)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J44)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J44)
  • smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J44)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J44)
  • cystic fibrosis (E84.-) (from J44)
  • bronchiectasis (J47.-) (from J44)
  • chronic bronchitis NOS (J42) (from J44)
  • chronic simple and mucopurulent bronchitis (J41.-) (from J44)
  • chronic tracheitis (J42) (from J44)
  • chronic tracheobronchitis (J42) (from J44)
  • emphysema without chronic bronchitis (J43.-) (from J44)

Code first

Sequence the underlying condition first.

  • , if applicable:
  • complication of bone marrow transplant (T86.09)
  • complication of stem cell transplant (T86.5)
  • heart-lung transplant rejection (T86.31)
  • lung transplant rejection (T86.810)
  • other complications of heart-lung transplant (T86.39)
  • other complications of lung transplant (T86.818)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code, where applicable, to identify: (from J44)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J44)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J44)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J44)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J44)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J44)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J44)

Code also

An additional code may be needed.

  • , if applicable, associated conditions, such as:
  • chronic graft-versus-host disease (D89.811)
  • chronic lung allograft dysfunction (J4A.-)
  • chronic respiratory conditions due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors (J68.4)
  • type of asthma, if applicable (J45.-) (from J44)

Also known as

  • Obliterative bronchiolitis
  • Bronchiolitis, chronic, obliterative
  • Bronchiolitis, fibrosa obliterans
  • Bronchiolitis, obliterans
  • Bronchiolitis, obliterans, syndrome
  • Bronchiolitis, obliterative
  • Bronchiolitis, obliterative, due to chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors
  • Bronchiolitis, obliterative, due to fumes or vapors
  • Syndrome, bronchiolitis obliterans
  • Syndrome, obliterans, bronchiolitis

Parent code

  • J44.8Other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseHeader

Related codes

  • J44.89Other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseBillable

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