J02.8

Acute pharyngitis due to other specified organisms

Billable code

This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.

Coding notes

Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist

This code · J02.8
Excludes 1

acute pharyngitis due to coxsackie virus (B08.5) acute pharyngitis due to gonococcus (A54.5) acute pharyngitis due to herpes [simplex] virus (B00.2) acute pharyngitis due to infectious mononucleosis (B27.-) enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis (B08.5)

Use additional

code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent

Inherited from J02Acute pharyngitis
Includes

acute sore throat

Excludes 1

acute laryngopharyngitis (J06.0) peritonsillar abscess (J36) pharyngeal abscess (J39.1) retropharyngeal abscess (J39.0)

Excludes 2

chronic pharyngitis (J31.2)

Inherited from J00-J06Acute upper respiratory infections
Excludes 1

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)

Inherited from chapter 10Diseases of the respiratory system
Excludes 2

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

Use additional

code, where applicable, to identify: exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) tobacco dependence (F17.-) tobacco use (Z72.0)

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).

Official Guidelines for J02.8

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