J01.21

Acute recurrent ethmoidal sinusitis

Billable / specific

J01.21 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

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).

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0) (from J01)
sinusitis NOS (J32.9) (from J01)

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

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J01)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J01)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J01)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J01)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J01)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J01)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J01)
smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J01)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J01)
chronic sinusitis (J32.0-J32.8) (from J01)

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

code, where applicable, to identify: (from J01)
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J01)
exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J01)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J01)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J01)
tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J01)
tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J01)
code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent. (from J01)