Acute recurrent tonsillitis, unspecified
- J03.91 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 J03.91 became effective on October 1, 2024.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J03.91 – other international versions of ICD-10 J03.91 may differ.
The following code(s) above J03.91 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to J03.91:
- J00-J99 Diseases of the respiratory system
- J00-J06 Acute upper respiratory infections
- J03 Acute tonsillitis
- J03.9 Acute tonsillitis, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
- Recurrent acute tonsillitis
ICD-10-CM J03.91 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 J03.91 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
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to J03.91:
- Adenoiditis (chronic) J35.02
- acuteJ03.90
- recurrent J03.91
- acuteJ03.90
- Tonsillitis (acute) (catarrhal) (croupous) (follicular) (gangrenous) (infective) (lacunar) (lingual) (malignant) (membranous) (parenchymatous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (purulent) (septic) (subacute) (suppurative) (toxic) (ulcerative) (vesicular) (viral) J03.90
- recurrent J03.91