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J01 - Acute sinusitis


The ICD 10 Code for Acute sinusitis is listed as J01.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: J01
Description: Acute sinusitis
  • Includes: acute abscess of sinus
  • acute empyema of sinus
  • acute infection of sinus
  • acute inflammation of sinus
  • acute suppuration of sinus
  • Use additional code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent
  • Excludes1: sinusitis NOS (J32.9)
  • Excludes2: chronic sinusitis (J32.0-J32.8)
Chapter Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of J01:
J01.0 - Acute maxillary sinusitis
J01.1 - Acute frontal sinusitis
J01.2 - Acute ethmoidal sinusitis
J01.3 - Acute sphenoidal sinusitis
J01.4 - Acute pansinusitis
J01.8 - Other acute sinusitis
J01.9 - Acute sinusitis, unspecified