2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J02

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Acute pharyngitis

  • J02 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 J02 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J02 – other international versions of ICD-10 J02 may differ.

Type 1 Excludes

  • acute laryngopharyngitis (J06.0)
  • peritonsillar abscess (J36)
  • pharyngeal abscess (J39.1)
  • retropharyngeal abscess (J39.0)

Type 2 Excludes

  • chronic pharyngitis (J31.2)

Includes

  • acute sore throat

The following code(s) above J02 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to J02:

  • 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

Code annotations containing back-references to J02:

  • Type 1 Excludes: J00, J03
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