J02

Non-Billable

ChapterJ00–J99

Rankcategory

Official Description

Acute pharyngitis

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 sore throat

Excludes1(Not coded here)

acute laryngopharyngitis (J06.0)
peritonsillar abscess (J36)
pharyngeal abscess (J39.1)
retropharyngeal abscess (J39.0)

Excludes2(Not included here)

chronic pharyngitis (J31.2)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH10Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)

J00-J06Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)

J02Acute pharyngitis

J02.0Streptococcal pharyngitis

J02.8Acute pharyngitis due to other specified organisms

J02.9Acute pharyngitis, unspecified

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to J02:

blockJ00-J06

Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)

View context instructions

chapterCH10

Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)

View context instructions

Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to J02. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

19 raw paths

Disease, diseased1 unique routes

throat

septic→J02

Faucitis1 unique routes

Direct index entry→J02

Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic)1 unique routes

pharynx→J02

Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal)(gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral)9 unique routes

Direct index entry→J02

pneumococcal→J02

purulent→J02