J06.9

Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified

Billable / specific

J06.9 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.

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0) (from J06)
acute respiratory infection NOS (J22) (from J06)
influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1) (from J06)
streptococcal pharyngitis (J02.0) (from J06)

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

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J06)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J06)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J06)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J06)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J06)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J06)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J06)
smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J06)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J06)

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent, if known, such as:
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (B97.4)
code, where applicable, to identify: (from J06)
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J06)
exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J06)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J06)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J06)
tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J06)
tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J06)

Upper respiratory disease, acute
Upper respiratory infection NOS
Disease, diseased, respiratory, acute or subacute NOS
Disease, diseased, respiratory, upper, acute or subacute
Disease, diseased, respiratory, upper, streptococcal
Infection, infected, infective, respiratoryNEC, upperNOS
Infection, infected, infective, respiratoryNEC, upperNOS, streptococcal
Infection, infected, infective, respiratoryNEC, upperNOS, viral NOS
Infection, infected, infective, virus, viral NOS, respiratory syncytial, upper respiratory infection
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory, respiratory, upper
Tracheopharyngitis
Virus, viral, respiratory syncytial, upper respiratory infection