Acute bronchitis - J20

This notation helps users understand the scope of a code J20 category and provides additional information about the conditions or terms that fall under that category.

Category Includes:

acute and subacute bronchitis (with) bronchospasm
acute and subacute bronchitis (with) tracheitis
acute and subacute bronchitis (with) tracheobronchitis, acute
acute and subacute fibrinous bronchitis
acute and subacute membranous bronchitis
acute and subacute purulent bronchitis
acute and subacute septic bronchitis

Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.

Type 1 Excludes:

bronchitis NOS (J40)
tracheobronchitis NOS (J40)

Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.

Type 2 Excludes:

acute bronchitis with bronchiectasis (J47.0)
acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive asthma (J44.0)
acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.0)
allergic bronchitis NOS (J45.909-)
bronchitis due to chemicals, fumes and vapors (J68.0)
chronic bronchitis NOS (J42)
chronic mucopurulent bronchitis (J41.1)
chronic obstructive bronchitis (J44.-)
chronic obstructive tracheobronchitis (J44.-)
chronic simple bronchitis (J41.0)
chronic tracheobronchitis (J42)

These ranges represents subcategories of Acute bronchitis. The "J20" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.

Codes:

J20.0 - Acute bronchitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
J20.1 - Acute bronchitis due to Hemophilus influenzae
J20.2 - Acute bronchitis due to streptococcus
J20.3 - Acute bronchitis due to coxsackievirus
J20.4 - Acute bronchitis due to parainfluenza virus
J20.5 - Acute bronchitis due to respiratory syncytial virus
J20.6 - Acute bronchitis due to rhinovirus
J20.7 - Acute bronchitis due to echovirus
J20.8 - Acute bronchitis due to other specified organisms
J20.9 - Acute bronchitis, unspecified