Chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis
Non-billable header
J35.0 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from J35)
- 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).
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- acute tonsillitis (J03.-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J35)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J35)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J35)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J35)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J35)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J35)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J35)
- smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J35)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J35)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code, where applicable, to identify: (from J35)
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J35)
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J35)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J35)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J35)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J35)
- tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J35)