Acute upper respiratory infections
54 codes in this section
About Section J00-J06
Section J00-J06 (J00-J06) covers acute upper respiratory infections. It sits within the Diseases of the respiratory system chapter (J00-J99). This section contains 54 ICD-10-CM codes, 35 billable diagnoses you can submit on a claim, and 19 non-billable header codes used to organize the hierarchy.
Codes are organized below by 3-character root. Click the root to see all subcodes underneath it, or click any individual code for full coverage data, payer policies, and linked CPT procedures.
Codes in J00-J06
Grouped by 3-character root code. Click any code for full detail.
| J01.0 | Acute maxillary sinusitis | Header |
| J01.00 | Acute maxillary sinusitis, unspecified | Billable |
| J01.01 | Acute recurrent maxillary sinusitis | Billable |
| J01.1 | Acute frontal sinusitis | Header |
| J01.10 | Acute frontal sinusitis, unspecified | Billable |
| J01.11 | Acute recurrent frontal sinusitis | Billable |
| J01.2 | Acute ethmoidal sinusitis | Header |
| J01.20 | Acute ethmoidal sinusitis, unspecified | Billable |
| J01.21 | Acute recurrent ethmoidal sinusitis | Billable |
| J01.3 | Acute sphenoidal sinusitis | Header |
| J01.30 | Acute sphenoidal sinusitis, unspecified | Billable |
| J01.31 | Acute recurrent sphenoidal sinusitis | Billable |
| J01.4 | Acute pansinusitis | Header |
| J01.40 | Acute pansinusitis, unspecified | Billable |
| J01.41 | Acute recurrent pansinusitis | Billable |
| J01.8 | Other acute sinusitis | Header |
| J01.80 | Other acute sinusitis | Billable |
| J01.81 | Other acute recurrent sinusitis | Billable |
| J01.9 | Acute sinusitis, unspecified | Header |
| J01.90 | Acute sinusitis, unspecified | Billable |
| J01.91 | Acute recurrent sinusitis, unspecified | Billable |
| J02.0 | Streptococcal pharyngitis | Billable |
| J02.8 | Acute pharyngitis due to other specified organisms | Billable |
| J02.9 | Acute pharyngitis, unspecified | Billable |
| J03.0 | Streptococcal tonsillitis | Header |
| J03.00 | Acute streptococcal tonsillitis, unspecified | Billable |
| J03.01 | Acute recurrent streptococcal tonsillitis | Billable |
| J03.8 | Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms | Header |
| J03.80 | Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms | Billable |
| J03.81 | Acute recurrent tonsillitis due to other specified organisms | Billable |
| J03.9 | Acute tonsillitis, unspecified | Header |
| J03.90 | Acute tonsillitis, unspecified | Billable |
| J03.91 | Acute recurrent tonsillitis, unspecified | Billable |
| J04.0 | Acute laryngitis | Billable |
| J04.1 | Acute tracheitis | Header |
| J04.10 | Acute tracheitis without obstruction | Billable |
| J04.11 | Acute tracheitis with obstruction | Billable |
| J04.2 | Acute laryngotracheitis | Billable |
| J04.3 | Supraglottitis, unspecified | Header |
| J04.30 | Supraglottitis, unspecified, without obstruction | Billable |
| J04.31 | Supraglottitis, unspecified, with obstruction | Billable |
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