J32
J32: Chronic sinusitis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J32 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for chronic sinusitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2: 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 sinusitis (J01.-)
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- sinus abscess
- sinus empyema
- sinus infection
- sinus suppuration
Other codes that can never be billed with J32
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- J01Acute sinusitis
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 J32
7 child codes. Green means billable.