ICD-10 · PDGM grouping
J20-J22 — Other acute lower respiratory infections
Every ICD-10-CM code in this range and the PDGM clinical group CMS assigns to it, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26.
Codes in range
15
No clinical group
0
A period cannot be grouped from these.
Barred as primary
0
CMS rejects these in the primary position.
Where these codes group
15 of the 15 codes in J20-J22 group to MMTA - Respiratory. Every code here is assigned a group.
Code families in J20-J22
One page per three-character family: every code in it, whether it can lead a claim, its clinical group and comorbidity subgroup.
Every code in J20-J22
Descriptions are CMS’s own, abbreviated as CMS abbreviates them.
| Code | Description | Clinical group | Primary position |
|---|---|---|---|
| J200 | Acute bronchitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae | L | Can lead a claim |
| J201 | Acute bronchitis due to Hemophilus influenzae | L | Can lead a claim |
| J202 | Acute bronchitis due to streptococcus | L | Can lead a claim |
| J203 | Acute bronchitis due to coxsackievirus | L | Can lead a claim |
| J204 | Acute bronchitis due to parainfluenza virus | L | Can lead a claim |
| J205 | Acute bronchitis due to respiratory syncytial virus | L | Can lead a claim |
| J206 | Acute bronchitis due to rhinovirus | L | Can lead a claim |
| J207 | Acute bronchitis due to echovirus | L | Can lead a claim |
| J208 | Acute bronchitis due to other specified organisms | L | Can lead a claim |
| J209 | Acute bronchitis, unspecified | L | Can lead a claim |
| J210 | Acute bronchiolitis due to respiratory syncytial virus | L | Can lead a claim |
| J211 | Acute bronchiolitis due to human metapneumovirus | L | Can lead a claim |
| J218 | Acute bronchiolitis due to other specified organisms | L | Can lead a claim |
| J219 | Acute bronchiolitis, unspecified | L | Can lead a claim |
| J22 | Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection | L | Can lead a claim |
Source: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.
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