J20.2
Acute bronchitis due to streptococcus
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 23 never code together
J20code
Excludes2
- acute bronchitis with bronchiectasis (J47.0)J47.0
- acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive asthma (J44.0)J44.0
- acute bronchitis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44.0)J44.0
- allergic bronchitis NOS (J45.909)J45.909
- bronchitis due to chemicals, fumes and vapors (J68.0)J68.0
- chronic bronchitis NOS (J42)J42
- chronic mucopurulent bronchitis (J41.1)J41.1
- chronic obstructive bronchitis (J44.-)J44.-
- chronic obstructive tracheobronchitis (J44.-)J44.-
- chronic simple bronchitis (J41.0)J41.0
- chronic tracheobronchitis (J42)J42
J20-J22block
Excludes2
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)J44.0
J00-J99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- smoke inhalation (T59.81-)T59.81-
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 15
J20code
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
J00-J99chapter
Notes
- 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).J40
Use additional code
- code, where applicable, to identify:
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)Z77.22
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)P96.81
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)Z87.891
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)Z57.31
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)F17.-
- tobacco use (Z72.0)Z72.0
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 9 same parent — J20
J20.0 Acute bronchitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae J20.1 Acute bronchitis due to Hemophilus influenzae J20.3 Acute bronchitis due to coxsackievirus J20.4 Acute bronchitis due to parainfluenza virus J20.5 Acute bronchitis due to respiratory syncytial virus 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
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required
Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.