J39.8
Billable
ChapterJ00–J99
Ranksubcategory
Official Description
Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract
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).
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Clinical Hierarchy
Applicable Ancestor Context
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Alphabetic Index Mentions
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25 raw paths
Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective)1 unique routes
Anosmia1 unique routes
Atrophy, atrophic (of)2 unique routes
Calcification1 unique routes
Change (s) (in) (of)1 unique routes
Cicatrix (adherent) (contracted) (painful) (vicious)1 unique routes
Compression1 unique routes
Deformity1 unique routes
Deviation (in)1 unique routes
Disease, diseased4 unique routes
respiratory (tract)(3 variants)
upper(2 variants)
Diverticulum, diverticula (multiple)1 unique routes
Dyskinesia1 unique routes
Hypersecretion1 unique routes
Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic)1 unique routes
Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic)1 unique routes
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive1 unique routes
Ossification1 unique routes
Perichondritis1 unique routes
MS-DRG Classification
No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.
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