J41

Non-Billable

ChapterJ00–J99

Rankcategory

Official Description

Simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 10: Diseases of the Respiratory System (J00-J99).

CH10 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Use Additional Code

code, where applicable, to identify:
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
tobacco dependence (F17.-)
tobacco use (Z72.0)

J40-J4A Parent Instructions

Excludes1(Not coded here)

bronchitis due to chemicals, gases, fumes and vapors (J68.0)

Excludes2(Not included here)

cystic fibrosis (E84.-)

Instructional Notes

Excludes2(Not included here)

chronic bronchitis NOS (J42)
chronic obstructive bronchitis (J44.-)

Use Additional Code

code to identify:
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
tobacco dependence (F17.-)
tobacco use (Z72.0)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH10Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)

J40-J4AChronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J4A)

J41Simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis

J41.0Simple chronic bronchitis

J41.1Mucopurulent chronic bronchitis

J41.8Mixed simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to J41:

blockJ40-J4A

Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J4A)

View context instructions

chapterCH10

Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)

View context instructions

Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to J41. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

20 raw paths

Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)17 unique routes

catarrhal (l5 years of age and above)

chronic→J41

chronic(6 variants)

due to

purulent→J41

simple→J41