J45.99
J45.99 — Other asthma
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J45.99 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other asthma. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with J45.99
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at J45.99. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading J45.99 alone.
- J98.01Acute bronchospasm
Risk adjustment
J45.99 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.
Code to one of these instead J45.99
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share J45.9. If J45.99 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about J45.99
- Is J45.99 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. J45.99 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does J45.99 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), in the block Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J4A).