J03.01
J03.01 — Acute recurrent streptococcal tonsillitis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
J03.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute recurrent streptococcal tonsillitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
J03.01 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How J03.01 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to J03.01.
- Tonsillitis›streptococcal›recurrent
- Adenoiditis›acute›streptococcal›recurrent
Related codes at this level
Codes that share J03.0. If J03.01 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about J03.01
- Is J03.01 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. J03.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does J03.01 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), in the block Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06).