J42
Unspecified chronic bronchitis
Billable
Coding Guidelines
Inclusion Terms
- Chronic bronchitis NOS
- Chronic tracheitis
- Chronic tracheobronchitis
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with J42
- J44.81 - bronchiolitis obliterans and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (J44.81)
- chronic asthmatic bronchitis (J44.-)
- chronic bronchitis with airways obstruction (J44.-)
- chronic emphysematous bronchitis (J44.-)
- J44.9 - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease NOS (J44.9)
- simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis (J41.-)
Use Additional Code
- code to identify:
- 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)
