2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

J40 Bronchitis, not specified as acute or chronic

  • Billable
  • 2016–2025

J40 is a billable/specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Bronchitis, not specified as acute or chronic.

Inclusion term

  • Bronchitis NOS

  • Bronchitis with tracheitis NOS

  • Catarrhal bronchitis

  • Tracheobronchitis NOS

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)

Type 1 excludes

  • Acute bronchitis (J20.-)

  • Allergic bronchitis NOS (J45.909-)

  • Asthmatic bronchitis NOS (J45.9-)

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

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

    Code changed

    • 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 use (Z87.891)
        • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
        • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
        • tobacco use (Z72.0)
        • 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)

  10. 2016

    New code