ICD-10-CM › J00-J99 › J00-J06 › J01 Acute sinusitis › J01.2
Acute ethmoidal 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.
Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:
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 ethmoidal 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.
Inherited from J01 Acute sinusitis
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)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| J01.0 | Acute maxillary sinusitis | Not billable |
| J01.1 | Acute frontal sinusitis | Not billable |
| J01.3 | Acute sphenoidal sinusitis | Not billable |
| J01.4 | Acute pansinusitis | Not billable |
| J01.8 | Other acute sinusitis | Not billable |
| J01.9 | Acute sinusitis, unspecified | Not billable |