J03.9
Acute tonsillitis, unspecified
Non-billableCategory
Code Hierarchy
J03J03.9
Coding Guidelines
Inclusion Terms
- Follicular tonsillitis (acute)
- Gangrenous tonsillitis (acute)
- Infective tonsillitis (acute)
- Tonsillitis (acute) NOS
- Ulcerative tonsillitis (acute)
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with J03.9
- influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1)
