J06.9
Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified
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
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)
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)
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)
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 J06.9
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11 index paths lead to this code
- Tracheopharyngitis
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory › respiratory, upper
- Disease, diseased › respiratory › acute or subacute NOS
- Infection, infected, infective › respiratory NEC › upper NOS
- Virus, viral › respiratory syncytial › upper respiratory infection
- Disease, diseased › respiratory › upper › acute or subacute
- Disease, diseased › respiratory › upper › streptococcal
- Infection, infected, infective › respiratory NEC › upper NOS › streptococcal
- Infection, infected, infective › respiratory NEC › upper NOS › viral NOS
- Infection, infected, infective › virus, viral NOS › respiratory syncytial › upper respiratory infection
- Infection, infected, infective › respiratory NEC › upper NOS › viral NOS › due to respiratory syncytial virus