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J01

Non-Billable (Header)

Acute sinusitis

Includes

  • acute abscess of sinus
  • acute empyema of sinus
  • acute infection of sinus
  • acute inflammation of sinus
  • acute suppuration of sinus

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

Excludes 2 — Not included here, may code separately

Use Additional Code

  • code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.

Child Codes

J01.0Acute maxillary sinusitis
J01.1Acute frontal sinusitis
J01.2Acute ethmoidal sinusitis
J01.3Acute sphenoidal sinusitis
J01.4Acute pansinusitis
J01.8Other acute sinusitis
J01.9Acute sinusitis, unspecified

Code Hierarchy

└J01Acute sinusitis
└J01Acute sinusitis

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