2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

J02.9 Acute pharyngitis, unspecified

  • Billable
  • 2016–2025

J02.9 is a billable/specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Acute pharyngitis, unspecified.

Inclusion term

  • Gangrenous pharyngitis (acute)

  • Infective pharyngitis (acute) NOS

  • Pharyngitis (acute) NOS

  • Sore throat (acute) NOS

  • Suppurative pharyngitis (acute)

  • Ulcerative pharyngitis (acute)

Type 1 excludes

Versions

  1. 2025

    No changes

  2. 2024

    No changes

  3. 2023

    No changes

  4. 2022

    No changes

  5. 2021

    Code changed

    • Type 1 excludes

        • influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1)

  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    No changes

  8. 2018

    No changes

  9. 2017

    No changes

  10. 2016

    New code