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J45.9

J45.9: Other and unspecified asthma

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

J45.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other and unspecified asthma. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J45.9

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on J45: Asthma

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J45.9

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 J45.9

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

  • J30Vasomotor and allergic rhinitis
  • J40Bronchitis, not specified as acute or chronic
  • J98.01Acute bronchospasm
  • R06.2Wheezing

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Bronchitis›asthmatic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead J45.9

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under J45

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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