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J39.9

J39.9: Disease of upper respiratory tract, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

J39.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disease of upper respiratory tract, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J39.9

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on J39: Other diseases of upper respiratory tract

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

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

J39.9 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
  • A57205Billing and Coding: Oximetry Services

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Disease, diseased›respiratory›upper

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under J39

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.