J01

Acute sinusitis

Non-billable header

J01 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • acute abscess of sinus
  • acute empyema of sinus
  • acute infection of sinus
  • acute inflammation of sinus
  • acute suppuration of sinus
  • 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).

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)
  • sinusitis NOS (J32.9)

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)
  • chronic sinusitis (J32.0-J32.8)

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)
  • code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.

More specific codes J01

  • J01.0Acute maxillary sinusitisHeader
  • J01.1Acute frontal sinusitisHeader
  • J01.2Acute ethmoidal sinusitisHeader
  • J01.3Acute sphenoidal sinusitisHeader
  • J01.4Acute pansinusitisHeader
  • J01.8Other acute sinusitisHeader
  • J01.9Acute sinusitis, unspecifiedHeader

Related codes

  • J00Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]Billable
  • 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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