J31.2
J31.2: Chronic pharyngitis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
J31.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic pharyngitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check J31.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- acute pharyngitis (J02.9)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Chronic sore throat
- Atrophic pharyngitis (chronic)
- Granular pharyngitis (chronic)
- Hypertrophic pharyngitis (chronic)
Other codes that can never be billed with J31.2
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R07.0Pain in throat
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
J31.2 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Catarrh, catarrhal›throat
- Granular›inflammation, pharynx
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›follicular, pharynx
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory›granular, pharynx
- Pharyngitis›atrophic
- Pharyngitis›chronic(atrophic) (granular) (hypertrophic)
- Pharyngitis›follicular(chronic)
- Pharyngitis›granular(chronic)
- Pharyngitis›hypertrophic
- Pharyngitis›infectional, chronic
- Pharyngitis›sicca
- Smoker's›throat
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.