2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J06

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Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites

  • J06 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • Short description: Acute upper resp infections of multiple and unsp sites
  • The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM J06 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J06 – other international versions of ICD-10 J06 may differ.

Type 1 Excludes

  • acute respiratory infection NOS (J22)
  • influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1)
  • streptococcal pharyngitis (J02.0)

The following code(s) above J06 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to J06:

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

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
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