Is J30.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. J30.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does J30.5 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), in the block Other diseases of upper respiratory tract (J30-J39).

What cannot be coded together with J30.5?

J30.5 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above J30.5 (J30) and apply to it just the same.

J30.5

J30.5 — Allergic rhinitis due to food

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

J30.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for allergic rhinitis due to food. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J30.5

These are not written on J30.5, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing J30.5 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on J30 — Vasomotor and allergic rhinitis

allergic rhinitis with asthma (bronchial) (J45.909)
rhinitis NOS (J31.0)

Risk adjustment

J30.5 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.

Medicare coverage

J30.5 is named in 21 Medicare coverage policies — 21 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A56558Billing and Coding: Allergy Testing
A56558Billing and Coding: Allergy Testing
A56559Billing and Coding: Allergy Skin Testing
A56844Billing and Coding: RAST Type Tests

How J30.5 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 J30.5.

Allergy, allergic›food NEC›rhinitis
Rhinitis›allergic›due to›food

Code history

J30.5 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share J30. If J30.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about J30.5

Is J30.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. J30.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does J30.5 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), in the block Other diseases of upper respiratory tract (J30-J39).
What cannot be coded together with J30.5?: J30.5 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above J30.5 (J30) and apply to it just the same.