J00

Billable
ChapterJ00–J99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 10: Diseases of the Respiratory System (J00-J99).

CH10 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Use Additional Code
  • code, where applicable, to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)

J00-J06 Parent Instructions

Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Acute rhinitis
  • Coryza (acute)
  • Infective nasopharyngitis NOS
  • Infective rhinitis
  • Nasal catarrh, acute
  • Nasopharyngitis NOS
Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • acute pharyngitis (J02.-)
  • acute sore throat NOS (J02.9)
  • influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1)
  • pharyngitis NOS (J02.9)
  • rhinitis NOS (J31.0)
  • sore throat NOS (J02.9)
Excludes2(Not included here)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH10Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
J00-J06Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)
J00Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to J00:

blockJ00-J06
Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)
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chapterCH10
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to J00. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

20 raw paths
Catarrh, catarrhal (acute) (febrile) (infectious) (inflammation)2 unique routes
Direct index entry→J00
nasopharyngeal (chronic)
acute→J00
Cold5 unique routes
Direct index entry→J00
common (head)→J00
head→J00
symptoms→J00
virus→J00
Common1 unique routes
cold (head)→J00
Coryza (acute)1 unique routes
Direct index entry→J00
Drip, postnasal (chronic)1 unique routes
due to
common cold→J00
Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor)1 unique routes
catarrhal (acute)→J00
Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic)1 unique routes
respiratory (tract) NEC
rhinovirus→J00
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)1 unique routes
catarrhal→J00
Nasopharyngitis (acute) (infective) (streptococcal) (subacute)1 unique routes
Direct index entry→J00
Postnasal drip1 unique routes
due to
common cold→J00
Rhinitis (atrophic) (catarrhal) (chronic) (croupous) (fibrinous) (granulomatous) (hyperplastic) (hypertrophic) (membranous) (obstructive) (purulent) (suppurative) (ulcerative)3 unique routes
acute→J00
infective→J00
pneumococcal→J00
Symptoms NEC2 unique routes
cold→J00
viral cold→J00

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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