J02.9 ACUTE PHARYNGITIS, UNSPECIFIED

Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: J02.9
  • Short Description: Acute pharyngitis, unspecified
  • Long Description: Acute pharyngitis, unspecified
  • Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code J02.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification

Synonyms

  • Acute bacterial pharyngitis
  • Acute gangrenous pharyngitis
  • Acute pharyngitis
  • Acute phlegmonous pharyngitis
  • Acute ulcerative pharyngitis
  • Acute viral pharyngitis
  • Aphthous ulcer of mouth
  • Cervical lymphadenitis
  • Complex multigenic autoinflammatory syndrome
  • Exudative pharyngitis
  • Finding of sensation of pharynx
  • Gangrenous pharyngitis
  • Has a sore throat
  • Infective pharyngitis
  • Pain in throat
  • PFAPA syndrome
  • Pharyngeal diverticulitis
  • Pharyngitis
  • Pharyngotonsillitis
  • Phlegmonous pharyngitis
  • Recurrent aphthous ulcer
  • Recurrent ulcer of mouth
  • Redness of throat
  • Sore throat
  • Soreness
  • Suppurative pharyngitis
  • Ulcer of pharynx
  • Ulcer of pharynx
  • Ulcerative pharyngitis

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code J02.9 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) MS-DRG V42.0

  1. Otitis Media And Uri With Mcc (152)
  2. Otitis Media And Uri Without Mcc (153)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code J02.9 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Gangrenous pharyngitis (acute)
    • Infective pharyngitis (acute) NOS
    • Pharyngitis (acute) NOS
    • Sore throat (acute) NOS
    • Suppurative pharyngitis (acute)
    • Ulcerative pharyngitis (acute)
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (@J09.X2*, @J10.1*, @J11.1*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
J02.9 Right Arrow 462 Acute pharyngitis
This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
J02 Acute pharyngitis
J02.0 Streptococcal pharyngitis
J02.8 Acute pharyngitis due to other specified organisms
This page was last updated on: 10/1/2024
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