2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

J20 Acute bronchitis

  • Non-billable
  • 2016–2025

J20 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Acute bronchitis.

Includes

  • Acute and subacute bronchitis (with) bronchospasm

  • Acute and subacute bronchitis (with) tracheitis

  • Acute and subacute bronchitis (with) tracheobronchitis, acute

  • Acute and subacute fibrinous bronchitis

  • Acute and subacute membranous bronchitis

  • Acute and subacute purulent bronchitis

  • Acute and subacute septic bronchitis

Type 1 excludes

  • Bronchitis NOS (J40)

  • Tracheobronchitis NOS (J40)

Type 2 excludes

  • Acute bronchitis with bronchiectasis (J47.0)

  • Acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive asthma (J44.0)

  • Acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.0)

  • Allergic bronchitis NOS (J45.909-)

  • Bronchitis due to chemicals, fumes and vapors (J68.0)

  • Chronic bronchitis NOS (J42)

  • Chronic mucopurulent bronchitis (J41.1)

  • Chronic obstructive bronchitis (J44.-)

  • Chronic obstructive tracheobronchitis (J44.-)

  • Chronic simple bronchitis (J41.0)

  • Chronic tracheobronchitis (J42)

Codes

Versions

  1. 2025

    No changes

  2. 2024

    No changes

  3. 2023

    No changes

  4. 2022

    No changes

  5. 2021

    No changes

  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    No changes

  8. 2018

    No changes

  9. 2017

    No changes

  10. 2016

    New code