FY2021
Effective from
- Inherited rules changed
Acute sinusitis
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2021sinusitis NOS (J32.9)
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)
For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.
Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗First observed · 2015-10-01
Latest recorded change · FY2021
Effective from
Acute sinusitis
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2021| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 2015-10-01 | First observed |
| FY2017 | 2016-10-01 | Inherited rules changed |
| FY2018 | 2017-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2019 | 2018-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 | 2019-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 · April | 2020-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 | 2020-10-01 | Inherited rules changed |
| FY2021 · 01-01 | 2021-01-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 | 2021-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 · 04-01 | 2022-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 | 2022-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 · 04-01 | 2023-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
sinusitis NOS (J32.9)
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).
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)
J01.0Acute maxillary sinusitisCategory · further specificity requiredJ01.1Acute frontal sinusitisCategory · further specificity requiredJ01.2Acute ethmoidal sinusitisCategory · further specificity requiredJ01.3Acute sphenoidal sinusitisCategory · further specificity requiredJ01.4Acute pansinusitisCategory · further specificity requiredJ01.8Other acute sinusitisCategory · further specificity requiredJ01.9Acute sinusitis, unspecifiedCategory · further specificity requiredOfficial titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗
Use additional code · sinusitis (J01.-)
Use additional code · code for associated sinusitis, if applicable (J01.-)
Use additional code · code for associated sinusitis, if applicable (J01.-)
Excludes 2 · acute sinusitis (J01.-)