Bronchiectasis with (acute) exacerbation

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Bronchiectasis with (acute) exacerbation

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 J47 Bronchiectasis

Excludes1 - never coded here

congenital bronchiectasis (Q33.4)
tuberculous bronchiectasis (current disease) (A15.0)

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)

Includes

bronchiolectasis

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.

Icterus
Cholemia
Impervious
Imperforate
Bronchiolectasis
Dilated, dilation
Yellow > jaundice
Absence > congenital > lumen
Disease, diseased > pulmonary
Valve, valvular > congenital NEC
Blind > tract or tube, congenital NEC
Stricture > organ or site, congenital NEC
Constriction > organ or site, congenital NEC
Obliteration > organ or site, congenital NEC
Block, blocked > organ or site, congenital NEC
Stenosis, stenotic > organ or site, congenital NEC
Occlusion, occluded > organ or site, congenital NEC
Strangulation, strangulated > organ or site, congenital NEC
Contraction, contracture, contracted > organ or site, congenital NEC
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > organ or site, congenital NEC
Bronchiectasis > with > exacerbation
Dilatation > bronchial > with > exacerbation
Mounier-Kuhn syndrome > with bronchiectasis > exacerbation
Tracheobronchomegaly > with bronchiectasis > with > exacerbation
Syndrome > Mounier-Kuhn > with bronchiectasis > with > exacerbation
Tracheobronchomegaly > acquired > with bronchiectasis > with > exacerbation
Mounier-Kuhn syndrome > acquired > with bronchiectasis > with > exacerbation
Syndrome > Mounier-Kuhn > acquired > with bronchiectasis > with > exacerbation
Disease, diseased > lung > obstructive > with > bronchiectasis > with > exacerbation
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > airway > with > bronchiectasis > with > exacerbation
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > airway > chronic > with > bronchiectasis > with > exacerbation

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
J47.0	Bronchiectasis with acute lower respiratory infection	Valid
J47.9	Bronchiectasis, uncomplicated	Valid