2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

J44.1 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with (acute) exacerbation

  • Billable
  • 2016–2025

J44.1 is a billable/specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with (acute) exacerbation.

Inclusion term

  • Decompensated COPD

  • Decompensated COPD with (acute) exacerbation

Type 2 excludes

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD] with acute bronchitis (J44.0)

  • Lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)

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

    Code changed

    • Type 2 excludes

        • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD] with acute bronchitis (J44.0)
        • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD] with acute bronchitis (J44.0)
        • lung diseases due to external agents (J60-J70)
  9. 2017

    No changes

  10. 2016

    New code