DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

J41 Simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis

  • Header · not billable

J41 is not billable. The category heads 3 billable codes in FY2027: the 3 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Smoker'scough → J41.0
  • Smoker'sbronchitis → J41.0
  • Cough (affected) (epidemic) (nervous)smokers' → J41.0

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 10 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
  2. J40-J4B Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J4B)
  3. J41 Simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis
Billable codes
3
Subdivisions
3
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
3
New FY2027
0
Index entries
20

Codes in J41

  1. J41.0
    Simple chronic bronchitis
    Billable280
  2. J41.1
    Mucopurulent chronic bronchitis
    Billable280
  3. J41.8
    Mixed simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis
    Billable280

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At J41

Excludes2

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

Use additional code

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

Notes that also apply

Block J40-J4B instructions (Excludes1 1, Excludes2 1): printed on the block page.

Chapter 10 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 9, Use additional code 7): printed on the chapter 10 page.

Index entries

  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)smokers' → J41.0
  • Cough (affected) (epidemic) (nervous)smokers' → J41.0
  • Smoker'sbronchitis → J41.0
  • Smoker'scough → J41.0
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)fetid → J41.1
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)mucopurulent (chronic) (recurrent) → J41.1
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)pituitous → J41.1
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)purulent (chronic) (recurrent) → J41.1
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)putrid → J41.1
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)suppurative (chronic) → J41.1
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)mixed simple and mucopurulent → J41.8
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)simple and mucopurulent (mixed) → J41.8
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)catarrhal (l5 years of age and above)chronic → J41.0
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)chroniccatarrhal → J41.0
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)chronicnon-obstructive → J41.0
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)chronicsimple → J41.0
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)chronicmucopurulent → J41.1
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)chronicpurulent → J41.1
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)mucopurulent (chronic) (recurrent)simple (mixed) → J41.8
  • Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous)chronicdue totobacco smoking → J41.0

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