Wiki Correct code for more than one sinusitis

[savithanarayanan24@gmail.com]

Hi,

Can anyone please tell me the correct code for this scenario. Principal diagnosis is acute maxillary and acute frontal sinusitis. Is J01.00 & J01.10 is correct or J01.80 is correct ?

 

[chinju.george]

code for sinusitis

Acute frontal sinusitis J01.10
Acute maxillary sinusitis J01.00

 

[tmcquegge]

we are using the

J01.80 it states acute sinusitis involving more than one sinus. Thank you Tara M.