J01Acute sinusitis
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)
Coding Notes
Includes
- acute abscess of sinus
- acute empyema of sinus
- acute infection of sinus
- acute inflammation of sinus
- acute suppuration of sinus
Excludes1 (never code both together)
Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)
- chronic sinusitis (J32.0-J32.8)
Use Additional Code
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
Subcategories (7)
- 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