ICD-10-CM Codes
J00-J99
J20-J22
J22-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J22

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J22

Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Billable/Specific Code

J22 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM J22 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J22 - other international versions of ICD-10 J22 may differ.

Applicable To

Acute (lower) respiratory (tract) infection NOS

Type 1 Excludes

Type 1 Excludes Help

A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as J22. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

upper respiratory infection (acute) (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J06.9
Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified
Applicable To
- Upper respiratory disease, acute
- Upper respiratory infection NOS
Use Additional
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent, if known, such as:
- respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (B97.4)
J06.9
)

The following code(s) above J22 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to J22:

J00-J99
2023 ICD-10-CM Range J00-J99
Diseases of the respiratory system
Note
- 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).
Type 2 Excludes
- 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)
Use Additional
- 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)
Diseases of the respiratory system
J20-J22
2023 ICD-10-CM Range J20-J22
Other acute lower respiratory infections
Type 2 Excludes
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)
Other acute lower respiratory infections

Approximate Synonyms

Acute lower respiratory infection
Acute lower respiratory tract infection

ICD-10-CM J22 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

205 Other respiratory system diagnoses with mcc
206 Other respiratory system diagnoses without mcc

Convert J22 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to J22:

Type 1 Excludes: J06
, J39

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J06
Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites
Type 1 Excludes
- acute respiratory infection NOS (J22)
- influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1)
- streptococcal pharyngitis (J02.0)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J39
Other diseases of upper respiratory tract
Type 1 Excludes
- acute respiratory infection NOS (J22)
- acute upper respiratory infection (J06.9)
- upper respiratory inflammation due to chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors (J68.2)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to J22:

Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B99.9
Unspecified infectious disease
- respiratory (tract) J98.8
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J98.8
  Other specified respiratory disorders
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  - lower (acute) J22
  - acute J22
- chest J22

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To J22

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

J21 Acute bronchiolitis

J21.0 Acute bronchiolitis due to respiratory syncytial virus

J21.1 Acute bronchiolitis due to human metapneumovirus

J21.8 Acute bronchiolitis due to other specified organisms

J21.9 Acute bronchiolitis, unspecified

J22 Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection

J30 Vasomotor and allergic rhinitis

J30.0 Vasomotor rhinitis

J30.1 Allergic rhinitis due to pollen

J30.2 Other seasonal allergic rhinitis

J30.5 Allergic rhinitis due to food

J30.8 Other allergic rhinitis

J30.81 Allergic rhinitis due to animal (cat) (dog) hair and dander

J30.89 Other allergic rhinitis

J30.9 Allergic rhinitis, unspecified

J31 Chronic rhinitis, nasopharyngitis and pharyngitis

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J22

Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection

Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified

Diseases of the respiratory system

Other acute lower respiratory infections

Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites

Other diseases of upper respiratory tract

Unspecified infectious disease

Other specified respiratory disorders