ICD-10-CM › J00-J99 › J00-J06 › J03.9 Acute tonsillitis, unspecified › J03.91
Acute recurrent tonsillitis, unspecified
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Acute recurrent tonsillitis, unspecified
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 J03 Acute tonsillitis
Excludes1 - never coded here
- acute sore throat (J02.-)
- hypertrophy of tonsils (J35.1)
- peritonsillar abscess (J36)
- sore throat NOS (J02.9)
- streptococcal sore throat (J02.0)
Excludes2 - not included here
- chronic tonsillitis (J35.0)
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)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Amygdalitis
- Suppuration, suppurative > tonsil
- Infection, infected, infective > tonsil
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > tonsil
- Tonsillitis > recurrent
- Adenoiditis > acute > recurrent
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| J03.90 | Acute tonsillitis, unspecified | Valid |