J35.03

J35.03: Chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

J35.03 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J35.03

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on J35.0: Chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis

acute tonsillitis (J03.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with J35.03

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

J35.3Hypertrophy of tonsils with hypertrophy of adenoids

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Adenoiditis›with tonsillitis
Infection, infected, infective›lymphoid tissue, base of tongue or posterior pharynx, NEC(chronic)
Infection, infected, infective›pharynx›posterior, lymphoid(chronic)
Septic›tonsils, chronic›with adenoiditis
Tonsillitis›chronic›with adenoiditis
Tonsillitis›hypertrophic›with adenoiditis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under J35.0