Acute sphenoidal 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 2 more specific codes instead:

J01.30 Acute sphenoidal sinusitis, unspecified
J01.31 Acute recurrent sphenoidal sinusitis

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 sphenoidal 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
J01.2	Acute ethmoidal sinusitis	Not billable
J01.4	Acute pansinusitis	Not billable
J01.8	Other acute sinusitis	Not billable
J01.9	Acute sinusitis, unspecified	Not billable