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J31

J31: Chronic rhinitis, nasopharyngitis and pharyngitis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

J31 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for chronic rhinitis, nasopharyngitis and pharyngitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with J31

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • J00Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]
  • J30Vasomotor and allergic rhinitis
  • R07.0Pain in throat

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead J31

3 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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