J44
J44: Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J44 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Code also
Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.
- type of asthma, if applicable (J45.-)
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- 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
Other codes that can never be billed with J44
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead J44
4 child codes. Green means billable.