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J44.81
Bronchiolitis obliterans and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome
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 2024 to now.
- FY2024 Added to the code set Bronchiolitis obliterans and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome
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 J44 Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Excludes2 - not included here
- bronchiectasis (J47.-)
- chronic bronchitis NOS (J42)
- chronic simple and mucopurulent bronchitis (J41.-)
- chronic tracheitis (J42)
- chronic tracheobronchitis (J42)
- emphysema without chronic bronchitis (J43.-)
Code also
- type of asthma, if applicable (J45.-)
Includes
- 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
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
- Bronchitis > obliterans
- Laryngotracheobronchitis
- Catarrh, catarrhal > lung
- Bronchiolitis > obliterans
- Catarrh, catarrhal > chest
- Bronchiolitis > obliterative
- Bronchitis > catarrhal > acute
- Catarrh, catarrhal > bronchial
- Catarrh, catarrhal > pulmonary
- Bronchitis > chronic > obliterans
- Bronchitis > under l5 years of age
- Stasis > bronchus > with infection
- Irritable, irritability > bronchial
- Syndrome > bronchiolitis obliterans
- Syndrome > obliterans > bronchiolitis
- 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
- Bronchitis > pseudomembranous, acute or subacute
- Bronchitis > in those under l5 years age > chronic
- Tracheitis > with > bronchitis > acute or subacute
- Infection, infected, infective > respiratory NEC > lower > chronic
- Bronchiolitis > obliterans
- Bronchiolitis > obliterative
- Bronchiolitis > fibrosa obliterans
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Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| J44.89 | Other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Valid |