ICD-10-CM › J00-J99 › J40-J4B › J41 Simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis › J41.0
Simple chronic bronchitis
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Simple chronic bronchitis
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from J41 Simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis
Excludes2 - not included here
- chronic bronchitis NOS (J42)
- chronic obstructive bronchitis (J44.-)
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)
Inherited from the J40-J4B section Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J4B)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- bronchitis due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors (J68.0)
Excludes2 - not included here
- cystic fibrosis (E84.-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Cold > chest
- Cold > on lung
- Cold > bronchial
- Tracheobronchitis
- Effusion > bronchial
- Bronchitis > croupous
- Bronchitis > subacute
- Bronchitis > exudative
- Irritation > bronchial
- Laryngotracheobronchitis
- Catarrh, catarrhal > lung
- Catarrh, catarrhal > chest
- Bronchitis > catarrhal > acute
- Catarrh, catarrhal > bronchial
- Catarrh, catarrhal > pulmonary
- Congestion, congestive > trachea
- Bronchitis > under l5 years of age
- Stasis > bronchus > with infection
- Irritable, irritability > bronchial
- Bronchiolitis > due to > external agent
- Bronchospasm > with > bronchitis, acute
- Bronchitis > in those under l5 years age
- Bronchitis > purulent > acute or subacute
- Bronchitis > viral NEC, acute or subacute
- Infection, infected, infective > bronchus
- Bronchitis > suppurative > acute or subacute
- Bronchitis > under l5 years of age > chronic
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > bronchi
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > trachea
- Bronchitis > pseudomembranous, acute or subacute
- Bronchitis > in those under l5 years age > chronic
- Tracheitis > with > bronchitis > acute or subacute
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > respiratory, upper
- Infection, infected, infective > respiratory NEC > lower > chronic
- Cough > smokers'
- Smoker's > cough
- Bronchitis > smokers'
- Smoker's > bronchitis
- Bronchitis > chronic > simple
- Bronchitis > catarrhal > chronic
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Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| J41.1 | Mucopurulent chronic bronchitis | Valid |
| J41.8 | Mixed simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis | Valid |