FY2021
Effective from
- Inherited rules changed
Acute pansinusitis
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 pansinusitis
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 |
The official Tabular List has no additional instructions at this code level.
Review the instructions inherited from its parent categories below. Inherited instructions ↓
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).
sinusitis NOS (J32.9)
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)
Other entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| J01.0 | Acute maxillary sinusitis | Category · further specificity required |
| J01.1 | Acute frontal sinusitis | Category · further specificity required |
| J01.2 | Acute ethmoidal sinusitis | Category · further specificity required |
| J01.3 | Acute sphenoidal sinusitis | Category · further specificity required |
| J01.8 | Other acute sinusitis | Category · further specificity required |
| J01.9 | Acute sinusitis, unspecified | Category · further specificity required |
Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗