J44.0
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with (acute) lower respiratory infection
HCC risk adjustment mapping
CMS-HCC V28
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Interstitial Lung Disorders, and Other Chronic Lung Disorders
CMS-HCC ESRD V24
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
RxHCC V08
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Bronchiectasis, and Other Asthma
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
to identify the infection
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
bronchiectasis (J47.-) chronic bronchitis NOS (J42) chronic simple and mucopurulent bronchitis (J41.-) chronic tracheitis (J42) chronic tracheobronchitis (J42) emphysema without chronic bronchitis (J43.-)
type of asthma, if applicable (J45.-)
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) neoplasms (C00-D49) smoke inhalation (T59.81-) symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
code, where applicable, 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)
When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).
Official Guidelines for J44.0
FY 2026 ›Sections that reference J44.0
Sections whose FY 2026 text names J44.0, its J44 category, or a range containing it — the chapter guidance above is the authoritative source.
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10 index paths lead to this code
- Asthma, asthmatic › chronic obstructive › with › acute lower respiratory infection
- Bronchitis › acute or subacute › with › chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Asthma, asthmatic › with › chronic obstructive bronchitis › with › acute lower respiratory infection
- Asthma, asthmatic › with › chronic obstructive pulmonary disease › with › acute lower respiratory infection
- Bronchitis › asthmatic › chronic › with › acute lower respiratory infection
- Disease, diseased › pulmonary › chronic obstructive › with › acute bronchitis
- Disease, diseased › pulmonary › chronic obstructive › with › lower respiratory infection
- Disease, diseased › lung › obstructive › with › acute › bronchitis
- Disease, diseased › lung › obstructive › with › acute › lower respiratory infection
- Disease, diseased › lung › obstructive › with › bronchitis › with › lower respiratory infection