Disease of upper respiratory tract, unspecified
Billable / specific
J39.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from J39)
- 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.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J39)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J39)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J39)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J39)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J39)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J39)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J39)
- smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J39)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J39)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code, where applicable, to identify: (from J39)
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J39)
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J39)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J39)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J39)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J39)
- tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J39)
Also known as
- Disease, diseased, respiratory, upper
Parent code
- J39Other diseases of upper respiratory tractHeader