J45.3

J45.3: Mild persistent asthma

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

J45.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for mild persistent asthma. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J45.3

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on J45: Asthma

detergent asthma (J69.8)
miner's asthma (J60)
wheezing NOS (R06.2)
wood asthma (J67.8)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J45.3

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on J45: Asthma

asthma with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.89)
chronic asthmatic (obstructive) bronchitis (J44.89)
chronic obstructive asthma (J44.89)
other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.89)

Other codes that can never be billed with J45.3

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

J98.01Acute bronchospasm
R06.2Wheezing

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead J45.3

3 child codes. Green means billable.