ICD-10-CM · Chapter 10 · J00–J99
J01.91
Acute recurrent sinusitis, unspecified
Diseases of the respiratory system
Quick facts
- Code
- J01.91
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 10 — Diseases of the respiratory system
- Category
- J01 — Acute sinusitis
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM J01.91 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of acute recurrent sinusitis, unspecified. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in J01
- J01Acute sinusitis
- J01.0Acute maxillary sinusitis
- J01.00Acute maxillary sinusitis, unspecified
- J01.01Acute recurrent maxillary sinusitis
- J01.1Acute frontal sinusitis
- J01.10Acute frontal sinusitis, unspecified
- J01.11Acute recurrent frontal sinusitis
- J01.2Acute ethmoidal sinusitis
- J01.20Acute ethmoidal sinusitis, unspecified
- J01.21Acute recurrent ethmoidal sinusitis
- J01.3Acute sphenoidal sinusitis
- J01.30Acute sphenoidal sinusitis, unspecified
- J01.31Acute recurrent sphenoidal sinusitis
- J01.4Acute pansinusitis
- J01.40Acute pansinusitis, unspecified
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