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J32.9
Billable

Chronic sinusitis, unspecified

Chapter 10: Diseases of the respiratory system

Inclusion Terms

1 item
  • Sinusitis (chronic) NOS

Billable Code

J32.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

View documentation for chronic nasal congestion
chronic nasal congestion
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Chronic Nasal Congestion

View documentation for sinobronchitis
sinobronchitis
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Sinobronchial Syndrome

View documentation for sinus pressure
sinus pressure
Primary
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Sinus Pressure

View documentation for sinusitis headache
sinusitis headache
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Headache attributed to Sinusitis

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sinusitis unspecified
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Sinusitis, unspecified

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.

Includes

4 items

From J32:

  • sinus abscess
  • sinus empyema
  • sinus infection
  • sinus suppuration

Excludes2

10 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)

From J32:

  • acute sinusitis (J01.-)

Use Additional Code

9 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)

From J32:

  • code to identify:
  • infectious agent (B95-B97)

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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