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ICD-10-CM J03 — Acute tonsillitis | Codelle

J03

ICD-10-CM

Acute tonsillitis

Clinical Notes

Excludes 1 — Not coded here

acute sore throat (J02.-)
hypertrophy of tonsils (J35.1)
peritonsillar abscess (J36)
sore throat NOS (J02.9)
streptococcal sore throat (J02.0)

Excludes 2 — Not included here

chronic tonsillitis (J35.0)

Code Hierarchy

Subcodes (3)

J03.0Streptococcal tonsillitis

J03.8Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms

J03.9Acute tonsillitis, unspecified

Same Category

J03.0Streptococcal tonsillitis J03.00Acute streptococcal tonsillitis, unspecified J03.01Acute recurrent streptococcal tonsillitis J03.8Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms J03.80Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms J03.81Acute recurrent tonsillitis due to other specified organisms

J03.9Acute tonsillitis, unspecified

J03.90Acute tonsillitis, unspecified

J03.91Acute recurrent tonsillitis, unspecified