2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J02.0

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Streptococcal pharyngitis

  • J02.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM J02.0 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J02.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 J02.0 may differ.

Applicable To

  • Septic pharyngitis
  • Streptococcal sore throat

Type 2 Excludes

The following code(s) above J02.0 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to J02.0:

  • J00-J99  Diseases of the respiratory system
  • J00-J06  Acute upper respiratory infections
  • J02  Acute pharyngitis

Approximate Synonyms

  • Streptococcal sore throat

ICD-10-CM J02.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):

  • 011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with mcc
  • 012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with cc
  • 013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy without cc/mcc
  • 152 Otitis media and uri with mcc
  • 153 Otitis media and uri without mcc

Convert J02.0 to ICD-9-CMCode History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
  • 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to J02.0:

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to J02.0:

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