J20
ICD-10Non-billable categoryAcute bronchitis
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Acute bronchitis
J20 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
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
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- bronchitis NOS (J40)
- tracheobronchitis NOS (J40)
Excludes2
Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- 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)
More specific codes under J20
- J20.0Acute bronchitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- J20.1Acute bronchitis due to Hemophilus influenzae
- J20.2Acute bronchitis due to streptococcus
- J20.3Acute bronchitis due to coxsackievirus
- J20.4Acute bronchitis due to parainfluenza virus
- J20.5Acute bronchitis due to respiratory syncytial virus
- J20.6Acute bronchitis due to rhinovirus
- J20.7Acute bronchitis due to echovirus
- J20.8Acute bronchitis due to other specified organisms
- J20.9Acute bronchitis, unspecified
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.