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J39

J39: Other diseases of upper respiratory tract

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

J39 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other diseases of upper respiratory tract. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • acute respiratory infection NOS (J22)
  • acute upper respiratory infection (J06.9)
  • upper respiratory inflammation due to chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors (J68.2)

Other codes that can never be billed with J39

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

  • J02Acute pharyngitis
  • J36Peritonsillar abscess
  • R60Edema, not elsewhere classified

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 J39

6 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.