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ICD-10-CM Code for Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified J06.9

ICD-10 code J06.9 for Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the respiratory system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified
Upper respiratory disease, acute
Upper respiratory infection NOS
Use additional code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent, if known, such as:
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (B97.4)

J06

Excludes1: acute respiratory infection NOS (J22)
influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1)
streptococcal pharyngitis (J02.0)

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[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 470852, member: 5404"] It's hard to say for sure without reviewing the full documentation and the payer's policies, but there is an 'excludes 1' note that states that influen... [ Read More ]
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[QUOTE="dneiman, post: 460739, member: 267248"] We have run into the same thing at our office. For that particular code (J06.9), we have found J39.8 "Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tra... [ Read More ]
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