Acute sinusitis

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:

J01.0 Acute maxillary sinusitis (also a header)
J01.1 Acute frontal sinusitis (also a header)
J01.2 Acute ethmoidal sinusitis (also a header)
J01.3 Acute sphenoidal sinusitis (also a header)
J01.4 Acute pansinusitis (also a header)
J01.8 Other acute sinusitis (also a header)
J01.9 Acute sinusitis, unspecified (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Acute sinusitis

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

sinusitis NOS (J32.9)

Excludes2 - not included here

chronic sinusitis (J32.0-J32.8)

Use additional code

code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.

Includes

acute abscess of sinus
acute empyema of sinus
acute infection of sinus
acute inflammation of sinus
acute suppuration of sinus

Inherited from the J00-J06 section Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)

Excludes1 - never coded here

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