J03.90

Acute tonsillitis, unspecified

Billable / specific

J03.90 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

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.

influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1) (from J03.9)
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0) (from J03)
acute sore throat (J02.-) (from J03)
hypertrophy of tonsils (J35.1) (from J03)
peritonsillar abscess (J36) (from J03)
sore throat NOS (J02.9) (from J03)
streptococcal sore throat (J02.0) (from J03)

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

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J03)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J03)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J03)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J03)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J03)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J03)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J03)
smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J03)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J03)
chronic tonsillitis (J35.0) (from J03)

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

code, where applicable, to identify: (from J03)
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J03)
exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J03)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J03)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J03)
tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J03)
tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J03)