J35
J35: Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J35 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with J35
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
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 J35
6 child codes. Green means billable.