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J02.8 - Acute pharyngitis due to other specified organisms


The ICD 10 Code for Acute pharyngitis due to other specified organisms is listed as J02.8.
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: J02.8
Description: Acute pharyngitis due to other specified organisms
  • Use additional code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent
  • Excludes1: acute pharyngitis due to coxsackie virus (B08.5)
  • acute pharyngitis due to gonococcus (A54.5)
  • acute pharyngitis due to herpes [simplex] virus (B00.2)
  • acute pharyngitis due to infectious mononucleosis (B27.-)
  • enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis (B08.5)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
011 - Tracheostomy For Face,mouth & Neck Diagnoses W Mcc
012 - Tracheostomy For Face,mouth & Neck Diagnoses W Cc
013 - Tracheostomy For Face,mouth & Neck Diagnoses W/o Cc/mcc
152 - Otitis Media & Uri W Mcc
153 - Otitis Media & Uri W/o Mcc
Chapter Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
Block Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)
Parent J02 - Acute pharyngitis
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 462 - Acute pharyngitis (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of J02.8:
J02.0 - Streptococcal pharyngitis
J02.9 - Acute pharyngitis, unspecified