Chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis

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 3 more specific codes instead:

J35.01 Chronic tonsillitis
J35.02 Chronic adenoiditis
J35.03 Chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis

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 Chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
J35.1	Hypertrophy of tonsils	Valid
J35.2	Hypertrophy of adenoids	Valid
J35.3	Hypertrophy of tonsils with hypertrophy of adenoids	Valid
J35.8	Other chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids	Valid
J35.9	Chronic disease of tonsils and adenoids, unspecified	Valid