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J03.90 - Acute tonsillitis, unspecified


The ICD 10 Code for Acute tonsillitis, unspecified is listed as J03.90.
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: J03.90
Description: Acute tonsillitis, unspecified
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 J03.9 - Acute tonsillitis, unspecified
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 463 - Acute tonsillitis (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of J03.90:
J03.91 - Acute recurrent tonsillitis, unspecified