J35.9
J35.9: Chronic disease of tonsils and adenoids, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
J35.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic disease of tonsils and adenoids, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check J35.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Disease (chronic) of tonsils and adenoids NOS
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Disease, diseased›adenoids(and tonsils)
- Disease, diseased›tonsils, tonsillar(and adenoids)
- Lesion›tonsillar fossa
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.