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ICD-10-CM Code for Acute tonsillitis J03

ICD-10 code J03 for Acute tonsillitis is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the respiratory system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Acute tonsillitis
Excludes1: acute sore throat (J02.-)
hypertrophy of tonsils (J35.1)
peritonsillar abscess (J36)
sore throat NOS (J02.9)
streptococcal sore throat (J02.0)
Excludes2: chronic tonsillitis (J35.0)
 
J03 Acute tonsillitis
Child Code
Streptococcal tonsillitis
Child Code
Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
Child Code
Acute tonsillitis, unspecified

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[QUOTE="CodingKing, post: 368005, member: 323638"]I don't see anything in the guidelines that say you cant bill these together. Unless for some reason pharyngitis is a symptom of tonsillitis?[/QUOTE] ... [ Read More ]
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The mutually exclusive edit means there is an excludes 1 note with one or both codes you are using. You get the excludes 1 notes from looking in the code book. They are typically not in the software... [ Read More ]
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