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J06.9
Billable

Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified

Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system

Inclusion Terms

2 items
  • Upper respiratory disease, acute
  • Upper respiratory infection NOS

Use Additional Code

2 items
  • code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent, if known, such as:
  • respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (B97.4)

Billable Code

J06.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

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Rhinovirus Infection

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Viral Respiratory Infection

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Acute Viral Upper Respiratory Infection

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Acute Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infection

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Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Excludes1

3 items

From J06:

  • acute respiratory infection NOS (J22)
  • influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1)
  • streptococcal pharyngitis (J02.0)

Excludes2

9 items

From J00-J99:

  • 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

7 items

From J00-J99:

  • 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)

Notes

1 item

From J00-J99:

  • When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).
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