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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

J03.0

Streptococcal tonsillitis

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where J03.0 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. J03 Parent Acute tonsillitis
  2. J03.0 This code Streptococcal tonsillitis

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Excludes1

acute sore throat ( J02 .-)

Inherited from J03 — Acute tonsillitis

Excludes1

hypertrophy of tonsils ( J35.1 )

Inherited from J03 — Acute tonsillitis

Excludes1

peritonsillar abscess ( J36 )

Inherited from J03 — Acute tonsillitis

Excludes1

sore throat NOS ( J02.9 )

Inherited from J03 — Acute tonsillitis

Excludes1

streptococcal sore throat ( J02.0 )

Inherited from J03 — Acute tonsillitis

Excludes2

chronic tonsillitis ( J35.0 )

Inherited from J03 — Acute tonsillitis

More Specific Codes

2 codes under J03.0

Version History

How J03.0 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Streptococcal tonsillitis

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Streptococcal tonsillitis

Related Codes

Other codes under J03

Codes whose official notes reference J03.0

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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