J44.8 Other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Applies from J44 Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Includes

• asthma with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• chronic asthmatic (obstructive) bronchitis
• chronic bronchitis with airway obstruction
• chronic bronchitis with emphysema
• chronic emphysematous bronchitis
• chronic obstructive asthma
• chronic obstructive bronchitis
• chronic obstructive tracheobronchitis

Excludes2 (not included here)

• bronchiectasis (J47.-)
• chronic bronchitis NOS (J42)
• chronic simple and mucopurulent bronchitis (J41.-)
• chronic tracheitis (J42)
• chronic tracheobronchitis (J42)
• emphysema without chronic bronchitis (J43.-)

Code also

• type of asthma, if applicable (J45.-)

Codes under J44.8

• J44.81 Bronchiolitis obliterans and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome
• J44.89 Other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Code annotations containing back-references to J44.8

Back-references to J44

• Code First: I21.A1 Myocardial infarction type 2 ("chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J20 Acute bronchitis ("chronic obstructive bronchitis (J44.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J20 Acute bronchitis ("chronic obstructive tracheobronchitis (J44.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J41 Simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis ("chronic obstructive bronchitis (J44.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J42 Unspecified chronic bronchitis ("chronic asthmatic bronchitis (J44.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J42 Unspecified chronic bronchitis ("chronic bronchitis with airways obstruction (J44.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J42 Unspecified chronic bronchitis ("chronic emphysematous bronchitis (J44.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J43 Emphysema ("emphysema with chronic (obstructive) bronchitis (J44.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J43 Emphysema ("emphysematous (obstructive) bronchitis (J44.-)")

Nearby codes

• J44 Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• J44.0 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with (acute) lower respiratory infection
• J44.1 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with (acute) exacerbation
• J44.8 Other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (this code)
• J44.81 Bronchiolitis obliterans and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome
• J44.89 Other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• J44.9 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified