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J03.8

Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms

Non-billableCategory

Code Hierarchy

J03J03.8

Chapter: 10. Diseases of the respiratory system

Section: J00-J06 - Acute upper respiratory infections

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with J03.8

A36.0 - diphtheritic tonsillitis (A36.0)
B00.2 - herpesviral pharyngotonsillitis (B00.2)
J03.0 - streptococcal tonsillitis (J03.0)
A15.8 - tuberculous tonsillitis (A15.8)
A69.1 - Vincent's tonsillitis (A69.1)

Use Additional Code

code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.

Specific Codes (2)

Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms

Acute recurrent tonsillitis due to other specified organisms

Related Codes

Streptococcal tonsillitis

Acute tonsillitis, unspecified

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