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ICD-10-CM Code J03.0
Streptococcal tonsillitis

NON-BILLABLE
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code J03.0 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of J03.0 that describes the diagnosis 'streptococcal tonsillitis' in more detail.


The ICD code J03 is used to code Upper respiratory tract infection

Upper respiratory tract infections (URI or URTI) are illnesses caused by an acute infection which involves the upper respiratory tract including the nose, sinuses, pharynx or larynx. This commonly includes tonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, sinusitis, otitis media, and the common cold.

Specialty: Infectious Disease
MeSH Codes: ,
ICD 9 Codes: 465.9, 465.9

Conducting passages.

Source: Wikipedia

Related Concepts SNOMET-CT

  • Streptococcal tonsillitis (disorder)

Parent Code: J03 - Acute tonsillitis

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