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A form of bronchial disorder with three distinct components: airway hyper-responsiveness (respiratory hypersensitivity), airway inflammation, and intermittent airway obstruction. It is characterized by spasmodic contraction of airway smooth muscle, wheezing, and dyspnea (dyspnea, paroxysmal).
Form of bronchial disorder associated with airway obstruction, marked by recurrent attacks of paroxysmal dyspnea, with wheezing due to spasmodic contraction of the bronchi. ICD-10-CM J45.909 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group (s) (MS-DRG v42.0): 202 Bronchitis and asthma with cc/mcc.
In ICD-10, asthma is coded as intermittent or persistent and adds: mild - moderate - severe as descriptors, as we would do clinically describing these patients. In addition, a fifth digit is used to describe asthma as uncomplicated (x=0), with exacerbation (x=1) and with status (x=2).
Browse all the diagnosis codes used for asthma (j45). For easy navigation, the diagnosis codes are sorted in alphabetical order and grouped by sections. Each section is clearly marked with its description, and the corresponding three-digit code range.
It expanded the 14,000 diagnoses codes, available in ICD-9, to more than 60,000 available in ICD-10. Review the diagnoses codes available here for the practicing allergist / immunologist, and check back often.
The coding of asthma has expanded in ICD‐10‐CM. In order for the most appropriate code to be assigned at the highest level of specificity, documentation must include severity and complication. In ICD‐10‐CM, asthma is located under category J45. It is subcategorized by severity.
The ICD-10 code for asthma, unspecified is J45909. This chronic condition has a considerable lead in both diagnoses and charges compared to all other ICD-10 codes. While many factors could contribute to why J45909 ranks number one, a likely cause could be problems with documentation.
2024 ICD 10 code for Asthma. Detailed information on ICD-10-CM code J45, including description, billable status, coding guidelines, applicable conditions... A valuable resource for accurate coding and understanding of medical documentation requirements.
Get crucial instructions for accurate ICD-10-CM J45 coding with all applicable Excludes 1 and Excludes 2 notes from the section level conveniently shown with each code.