J02.8 Billable Code
Acute pharyngitis due to other specified organisms
Effective From: 10/01/2016
Chapter Classification
Chapter 10
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
Section Detail
J00-J06
Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)
Code Hierarchy
This code is a child of J02.
Coding Guidelines & Notes
excludes1
- 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)
useAdditionalCode
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent
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