Peritonsillar abscess

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Peritonsillar abscess

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

acute tonsillitis (J03.-)
chronic tonsillitis (J35.0)
retropharyngeal abscess (J39.0)
tonsillitis NOS (J03.9-)

Use additional code

code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.

Includes

abscess of tonsil
peritonsillar cellulitis
quinsy

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.

Naga sore
Phagedena
Sloughing
Sphacelus
Sternalgia
Veldt sore
Carbunculus
Sore > Naga
Pseudoangina
Sore > veldt
Desert > sore
Mortification
Sore > desert
Pericellulitis
Sore > of skin
Pain > coronary
Sore > tropical
Angina > variant
Meleney's > ulcer
Sloughing > ulcer
Necrosis, necrotic
Syndrome > anginal
Angina > Prinzmetal
Meleney's > gangrene
Phagedena > tropical
Angina > angiospastic
Barcoo disease or rot
Angina > spasm-induced
Pemphigus > gangrenous
Cellulitis > gangrenous
Attack, attacks > angina
Ischemia, ischemic > demand
Ischemia, ischemic > supply
Dropsy, dropsical > gangrenous
Gangrene, gangrenous > Meleney's
Lesion > ulcerated or ulcerative
Infection, infected, infective > skin > ulcer
Gangrene, gangrenous > progressive synergistic
Infection, infected, infective > local, skin > ulcer
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > chronic

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