J01.20
J01.20: Acute ethmoidal sinusitis, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
J01.20 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute ethmoidal sinusitis, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check J01.20 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above J01.20
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J01.20
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
J01.20 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
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Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Sinusitis›acute›ethmoidal
- Sinusitis›ethmoidal›acute
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.