J44.8 — Other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
J44.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J44.8
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of J44.8, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with J44.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at J44.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading J44.8 alone.
Risk adjustment
J44.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
The condition this code belongs to
Every code for the condition on one page, which one applies when, and the mistake coders make with it.
Code history
J44.8 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead J44.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share J44. If J44.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about J44.8
- Is J44.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. J44.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does J44.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), in the block Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J4A).