J02.8
J02.8: Acute pharyngitis due to other specified organisms
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
J02.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute pharyngitis due to other specified organisms. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check J02.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J02.8
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J02.8
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with J02.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Pharyngitis›pneumococcal
- Pharyngitis›specified organism NEC
- Pharyngitis›staphylococcal
- Pharyngitis›viral NEC
- Sore›throat›viral NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.