J02.0

Streptococcal pharyngitis

Billable / specific

J02.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Septic pharyngitis
  • Streptococcal sore throat

Includes (from J02)

  • acute sore throat
  • 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) (from J02)
  • acute laryngopharyngitis (J06.0) (from J02)
  • peritonsillar abscess (J36) (from J02)
  • pharyngeal abscess (J39.1) (from J02)
  • retropharyngeal abscess (J39.0) (from J02)

Excludes2

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

  • scarlet fever (A38.-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J02)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J02)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J02)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J02)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J02)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J02)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J02)
  • smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J02)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J02)
  • chronic pharyngitis (J31.2) (from J02)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code, where applicable, to identify: (from J02)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J02)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J02)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J02)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J02)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J02)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J02)

Also known as

  • Septic pharyngitis
  • Streptococcal sore throat
  • Disease, diseased, throat, septic
  • Pharyngitis, septic
  • Pharyngitis, streptococcal
  • Septic, sore, throat
  • Septic, sore, throat, streptococcal
  • Sore, throat, septic
  • Sore, throat, streptococcal
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, sore throat, streptococcal

Parent code

  • J02Acute pharyngitisHeader

Related codes

  • J02.8Acute pharyngitis due to other specified organismsBillable
  • J02.9Acute pharyngitis, unspecifiedBillable

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