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J32 - Chronic sinusitis


The ICD 10 Code for Chronic sinusitis is listed as J32.
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: J32
Description: Chronic sinusitis
  • Includes: sinus abscess
  • sinus empyema
  • sinus infection
  • sinus suppuration
  • Use additional code to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
  • history of tobacco use (Z87.891)
  • infectious agent (B95-B97)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)
  • Excludes2: acute sinusitis (J01.-)
Chapter Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of J32:
J32.0 - Chronic maxillary sinusitis
J32.1 - Chronic frontal sinusitis
J32.2 - Chronic ethmoidal sinusitis
J32.3 - Chronic sphenoidal sinusitis
J32.4 - Chronic pansinusitis
J32.8 - Other chronic sinusitis
J32.9 - Chronic sinusitis, unspecified