Other diseases of upper respiratory tract
- J39 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM J39 became effective on October 1, 2024.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J39 – other international versions of ICD-10 J39 may differ.
Type 1 Excludes
- acute respiratory infection NOS (J22)
- acute upper respiratory infection (J06.9)
- upper respiratory inflammation due to chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors (J68.2)
The following code(s) above J39 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to J39:
- J00-J99 Diseases of the respiratory system
Code 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