kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

J03.80

Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms

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Hierarchy

  • J00-J99 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
    • J00-J06 Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)
      • J03 Acute tonsillitis
        • J03.8 Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
          • J03.80 Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
          • J03.81 Acute recurrent tonsillitis due to other specified organisms

Notes

J00-J99

  • 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).

Use Additional

J03.8

  • code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
    • B95-B97 Bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95-B97)

J00-J99

  • code, where applicable, to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
    • Z77.22 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (acute) (chronic)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
    • P96.81 Exposure to (parental) (environmental) tobacco smoke in the perinatal period
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
    • Z87.891 Personal history of nicotine dependence
  • Z57.31 Occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
    • F17 Nicotine dependence
  • Z72.0 Tobacco use

Excludes 1

J03.8

  • diphtheritic tonsillitis (A36.0)
    • A36.0 Pharyngeal diphtheria
  • herpesviral pharyngotonsillitis (B00.2)
    • B00.2 Herpesviral gingivostomatitis and pharyngotonsillitis
  • J03.0 Streptococcal tonsillitis
  • tuberculous tonsillitis (A15.8)
    • A15.8 Other respiratory tuberculosis
  • Vincent's tonsillitis (A69.1)
    • A69.1 Other Vincent's infections

J03

  • acute sore throat (J02.-)
    • J02 Acute pharyngitis
  • J35.1 Hypertrophy of tonsils
  • J36 Peritonsillar abscess
  • sore throat NOS (J02.9)
    • J02.9 Acute pharyngitis, unspecified
  • streptococcal sore throat (J02.0)
    • J02.0 Streptococcal pharyngitis

J00-J06

  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)
    • J44.0 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with (acute) lower respiratory infection

Excludes 2

J03

  • chronic tonsillitis (J35.0)
    • J35.0 Chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis

J00-J99

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
    • T59.81 Toxic effect of smoke
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

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