J03.90 ACUTE TONSILLITIS, UNSPECIFIED

Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: J03.90
  • Short Description: Acute tonsillitis, unspecified
  • Long Description: Acute tonsillitis, unspecified
  • Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code J03.90 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification

Synonyms

  • Acute adenoiditis
  • Acute catarrhal tonsillitis
  • Acute erythematous tonsillitis
  • Acute follicular tonsillitis
  • Acute gangrenous pharyngitis
  • Acute gangrenous tonsillitis
  • Acute glossitis
  • Acute infection of tonsillar remnant
  • Acute infective adenoiditis
  • Acute lingual tonsillitis
  • Acute tonsillitis
  • Acute ulcerative pharyngitis
  • Acute ulcerative tonsillitis
  • Acute viral pharyngitis
  • Acute viral tonsillitis
  • Adenoiditis
  • Adenoiditis
  • Bacterial tonsillitis
  • Exudative pharyngitis
  • Follicular tonsillitis
  • Gangrenous pharyngitis
  • Gangrenous pharyngitis
  • Gangrenous tonsillitis
  • Inflamed tonsils
  • Lingular tonsillitis
  • Pharyngotonsillitis
  • Suppurative tonsillitis
  • Tonsillitis
  • Ulcer of pharynx
  • Ulcer of pharynx
  • Ulcer of tonsil
  • Ulcer of tonsil
  • Ulcerative pharyngitis
  • Ulcerative pharyngitis
  • Ulcerative tonsillitis
  • Viral tonsillitis

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code J03.90 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) MS-DRG V43.0

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

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
J03.90 Right Arrow 463 Acute tonsillitis
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
J03 Acute tonsillitis
J03.0 Streptococcal tonsillitis
J03.00 Acute streptococcal tonsillitis, unspecified
J03.01 Acute recurrent streptococcal tonsillitis
J03.8 Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
J03.80 Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
J03.81 Acute recurrent tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
J03.9 Acute tonsillitis, unspecified
J03.91 Acute recurrent tonsillitis, unspecified
This page was last updated on: 10/1/2025
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