ICD-10-CM › J00-J99 › J30-J39 › J35 Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids › J35.2
J35.2
Hypertrophy of adenoids
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 Hypertrophy of adenoids
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.
- Enlargement, enlarged > adenoids
- Hyperplasia, hyperplastic > adenoids
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic > adenoids
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic > pharyngeal tonsil
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic > pharynx > lymphoid
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic > nasopharynx, lymphoid
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| J35.0 | Chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis | Not billable |
| J35.1 | Hypertrophy of tonsils | 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 |