J09.X
J09.X: Influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J09.X is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for influenza due to identified novel influenza a virus. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Avian influenza
- Bird influenza
- Influenza A/H5N1
- Influenza of other animal origin, not bird or swine
- Swine influenza virus (viruses that normally cause infections in pigs)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J09.X
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on J09: Influenza due to certain identified influenza viruses
Other codes that can never be billed with J09.X
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- G94Other disorders of brain in diseases classified elsewhere
- H67Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere
- I41Myocarditis in diseases classified elsewhere
- J00Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]
- J02.9Acute pharyngitis, unspecified
- J03.9Acute tonsillitis, unspecified
- J06Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites
- J10Influenza due to other identified influenza virus
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead J09.X
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- J09.X1Influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus with pneumonia
- J09.X2Influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus with other respiratory manifestations
- J09.X3Influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus with gastrointestinal manifestations
- J09.X9Influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus with other manifestations