ICD-10 codes for Bronchitis

The primary ICD-10-CM codes for bronchitis are J20, J20.9, J40. Across all sub-categories, 17 codes are grouped under bronchitis, with 15 marked as billable (specific enough for a medical claim).

There are 17 ICD-10-CM codes related to bronchitis. Of these, 15 are billable specific codes and 2 are non-billable header categories that organize the specific codes underneath them. Header codes cannot be reported on a claim by themselves.

Yes. 15 of the 17 ICD-10-CM codes for bronchitis are billable. Common examples include J20.0 (Acute bronchitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae); J20.1 (Acute bronchitis due to Hemophilus influenzae); J20.2 (Acute bronchitis due to streptococcus). Code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation.

The most commonly used billable codes for bronchitis include: J20.0 (Acute bronchitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae); J20.1 (Acute bronchitis due to Hemophilus influenzae); J20.2 (Acute bronchitis due to streptococcus). The correct code depends on the documented clinical presentation, including any complications, episode (acute / chronic), and laterality where applicable. Always code to the highest level of specificity supported by the clinical documentation.

No, J20 (Acute bronchitis) is a non-billable header code. You need to use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

The ICD-10 codes for bronchitis map to at least 25 SNOMED CT concepts. Examples of SNOMED CT concept IDs in this group include 233598009, 233599001, 95886009, 195721005, 41048006. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records; AutoICD's coding API returns SNOMED CT IDs alongside each ICD-10 code via the include_snomed=true flag.

The ICD-10 codes for bronchitis are linked to at least 25 UMLS CUIs in the National Library of Medicine's Metathesaurus. Sample CUIs include C0149514, C4290186, C4290187, C4290188, C4290189. UMLS CUIs unify the same concept across SNOMED CT, ICD-10, ICD-11, RxNorm, MeSH, and dozens of other source vocabularies.

Bronchitis may also be referred to as: bronchitis, acute bronchitis, chronic bronchitis, bronchitis cough. The same ICD-10-CM codes apply regardless of which term appears in the clinical documentation. Synonyms are surfaced by AutoICD's NER pass and mapped to the canonical ICD-10 family above.