J03.90
J03.90: Acute tonsillitis, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
J03.90 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute tonsillitis, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check J03.90 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above J03.90
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on J03.9: Acute tonsillitis, unspecified
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J03.90
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with J03.90
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- J36Peritonsillar abscess
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Tonsillitis(acute) (catarrhal) (croupous) (follicular) (gangrenous) (infective) (lacunar) (lingual) (malignant) (membranous) (parenchymatous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (purulent) (septic) (subacute) (suppurative) (toxic) (ulcerative) (vesicular) (viral)
- Adenoiditis›acute
- Infection, infected, infective›adenoid(and tonsil)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.