J20.5 Acute bronchitis due to respiratory syncytial virus

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Acute bronchitis due to RSV

Applies from J20 Acute bronchitis

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 (never code together)

• bronchitis NOS (J40)
• tracheobronchitis NOS (J40)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• 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)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 202-203 in MDC 04.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 079.6 Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (approximate)
• 466.0 Acute bronchitis (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to J20.5

Back-references to J20.5

• Type 1 Excludes: B97.4 Respiratory syncytial virus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere ("acute bronchitis due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (J20.5)")

Back-references to J20

• Code Also: D81.82 Activated Phosphoinositide 3-kinase Delta Syndrome [APDS] ("other acute respiratory tract infections (J00-J06; J20-J22)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J40 Bronchitis, not specified as acute or chronic ("acute bronchitis (J20.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J98.01 Acute bronchospasm ("acute bronchitis with bronchospasm (J20.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for J20.5

• Bronchitis (diffuse) (fibrinous) (hypostatic) (infective) (membranous) › acute or subacute (with bronchospasm or obstruction) › due to › virus › respiratory syncytial (RSV)
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › virus, viral NOS › respiratory syncytial (RSV) › bronchitis
• Virus, viral › respiratory syncytial (RSV) › bronchitis

Nearby 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 (this code)
• 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