J01

Non-Billable

ChapterJ00–J99

Rankcategory

Official Description

Acute sinusitis

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•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 abscess of sinus
acute empyema of sinus
acute infection of sinus
acute inflammation of sinus
acute suppuration of sinus

Excludes1(Not coded here)

sinusitis NOS (J32.9)

Excludes2(Not included here)

chronic sinusitis (J32.0-J32.8)

Use Additional Code

code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.

Clinical Hierarchy

CH10Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)

J00-J06Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)

J01Acute sinusitis

J01.0Acute maxillary sinusitis

J01.1Acute frontal sinusitis

J01.2Acute ethmoidal sinusitis

J01.3Acute sphenoidal sinusitis

J01.4Acute pansinusitis

J01.8Other acute sinusitis

J01.9Acute sinusitis, unspecified

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to J01:

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 J01. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

25 raw paths

Antritis2 unique routes

maxilla(2 variants)

acute→J01(2 variants)

recurrent→J01

Pansinusitis (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nonpurulent) (purulent)2 unique routes

acute→J01(2 variants)

recurrent→J01

Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)21 unique routes

acute→J01(16 variants)

ethmoidal→J01(2 variants)

recurrent→J01