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J39

Other diseases of upper respiratory tract

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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • J39.0 Retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscess
  • J39.1 Other abscess of pharynx
  • J39.2 Other diseases of pharynx
  • J39.3 Upper respiratory tract hypersensitivity reaction, site unspecified
  • J39.8 Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract
  • J39.9 Disease of upper respiratory tract, unspecified

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other diseases of upper respiratory tract

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 respiratory infection NOS (J22)
  • acute upper respiratory infection (J06.9)
  • upper respiratory inflammation due to chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors (J68.2)