2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J39.2

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Other diseases of pharynx

  • J39.2 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 J39.2 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J39.2 – other international versions of ICD-10 J39.2 may differ.

Applicable To

  • Cyst of pharynx
  • Edema of pharynx

Type 2 Excludes

  • chronic pharyngitis (J31.2)
  • ulcerative pharyngitis (J02.9)

The following code(s) above J39.2 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to J39.2:

  • J00-J99  Diseases of the respiratory system
  • J39  Other diseases of upper respiratory tract

Approximate Synonyms

  • Achalasia, cricopharyngeal
  • Borderline velopharyngeal adequacy
  • Borderline velopharyngeal dysfunction
  • Cricopharyngeal spasm
  • Cyst of nasopharynx
  • Disease of nasopharynx
  • Disorder of nasopharynx
  • Disorder of pharynx
  • Edema of nasopharynx
  • Edema of pharynx
  • Hyperactive gag reflex
  • Hypopharyngeal lesion
  • Lesion of hypopharynx
  • Lesion of nasopharynx
  • Lesion of oropharynx
  • Mass of nasopharynx
  • Narrow pharyngeal airway
  • Nasopharyngeal edema
  • Nasopharyngeal lesion
  • Nasopharyngeal mass
  • Oropharyngeal lesion
  • Pharyngeal disease
  • Pharyngeal edema
  • Pharyngeal spasm
  • Spasm of the cricopharyngeus muscle
  • Throat irritation
  • Ulcer of pharynx

ICD-10-CM J39.2 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
  • 154 Other ear, nose, mouth and throat diagnoses with mcc
  • 155 Other ear, nose, mouth and throat diagnoses with cc
  • 156 Other ear, nose, mouth and throat diagnoses without cc/mcc

Convert J39.2 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 J39.2:

  • Type 1 Excludes: R60, R60
  • Type 2 Excludes: R29.2

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to J39.2:

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