J41 Simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis

Category / Non-billable header 3 subcodes

Block: Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J4B)

Excludes 2 (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)

Subcodes

Each subcode links to a detail page with full clinical annotations.

Code Description Billable
J41..0 Simple chronic bronchitis Yes
J41..1 Mucopurulent chronic bronchitis Yes
J41..8 Mixed simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026