J00

Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]

Billable / specific

J00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • Note: When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).

Applicable to

  • Acute rhinitis
  • Coryza (acute)
  • Infective nasopharyngitis NOS
  • Infective rhinitis
  • Nasal catarrh, acute
  • Nasopharyngitis NOS

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)
  • acute pharyngitis (J02.-)
  • acute sore throat NOS (J02.9)
  • influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1)
  • pharyngitis NOS (J02.9)
  • rhinitis NOS (J31.0)
  • sore throat NOS (J02.9)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • allergic rhinitis (J30.1-J30.9)
  • chronic pharyngitis (J31.2)
  • chronic rhinitis (J31.0)
  • chronic sore throat (J31.2)
  • nasopharyngitis, chronic (J31.1)
  • vasomotor rhinitis (J30.0)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code, where applicable, to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)

Also known as

  • Acute rhinitis
  • Coryza (acute)
  • Infective nasopharyngitis NOS
  • Infective rhinitis
  • Nasal catarrh, acute
  • Nasopharyngitis NOS
  • Catarrh, catarrhal
  • Catarrh, catarrhal, nasopharyngeal, acute
  • Cold
  • Cold, common
  • Cold, head
  • Cold, symptoms
  • Cold, virus
  • Common, cold
  • Coryza
  • Drip, postnasal, due to common cold
  • Fever, catarrhal
  • Infection, infected, infective, respiratoryNEC, rhinovirus
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory, catarrhal
  • Nasopharyngitis
  • Postnasal drip, due to common cold

Related codes

  • J01Acute sinusitisHeader
  • J02Acute pharyngitisHeader
  • J03Acute tonsillitisHeader
  • J04Acute laryngitis and tracheitisHeader
  • J05Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitisHeader
  • J06Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sitesHeader

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