J01.81
J01.81: Other acute recurrent sinusitis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
J01.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other acute recurrent sinusitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check J01.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Acute recurrent sinusitis involving more than one sinus but not pansinusitis
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J01.81
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J01.81
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
J01.81 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies: 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
- A60360Billing and Coding: Allergy Diagnostic Testing
- A60361Billing and Coding: Allergy Diagnostic Testing
- A60363Billing and Coding: Allergy Diagnostic Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Sinusitis›acute›involving more than one sinus, other than pansinusitis›recurrent
- Sinusitis›acute›specified NEC›recurrent
- Sinusitis›involving more than one sinus but not pansinusitis›acute›recurrent
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.