ICD-10-CM Codes
J00-J99 Diseases of the respiratory system
J30-J39 Other diseases of upper respiratory tract
J32- Chronic sinusitis
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J32.2

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J32.2

Chronic ethmoidal sinusitis

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Billable/Specific Code

J32.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM J32.2 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J32.2 - other international versions of ICD-10 J32.2 may differ.

Applicable To

Ethmoidal sinusitis NOS

Type 1 Excludes

Type 1 Excludes Help

A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as J32.2. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

Woakes' ethmoiditis (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J33.1
Polypoid sinus degeneration
Applicable To
- Woakes' syndrome or ethmoiditis
J33.1
)

The following code(s) above J32.2 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to J32.2:

J00-J99
2021 ICD-10-CM Range J00-J99
Diseases of the respiratory system
Note
- When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).
Type 2 Excludes
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Use Additional
- code, where applicable, to identify:
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- tobacco use (Z72.0)
Diseases of the respiratory system
J32
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J32
Chronic sinusitis
Includes
- sinus abscess
- sinus empyema
- sinus infection
- sinus suppuration
Type 2 Excludes
- acute sinusitis (J01.-)
Use Additional
- code to identify:
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
- infectious agent (B95-B97)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- tobacco use (Z72.0)
Chronic sinusitis

Approximate Synonyms

Ethmoid sinusitis, chronic

Clinical Information

Inflammation of the nasal mucosa in the ethmoid sinus. It may present itself as an acute (infectious) or chronic (allergic) condition.

ICD-10-CM J32.2 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

152 Otitis media and uri with mcc
153 Otitis media and uri without mcc

Convert J32.2 to ICD-9-CM

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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to J32.2:

Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.91
Cutaneous abscess, unspecified
- ethmoid J32.2 (bone) (chronic) (sinus)
Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic) - see also Gangrene
- bone M87.9
  - see also Osteonecrosis
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M87.9
  Osteonecrosis, unspecified
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Necrosis of bone NOS
  - ethmoid J32.2
- ethmoid J32.2 (bone)
Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent) J32.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J32.9
Chronic sinusitis, unspecified
Applicable To
Sinusitis (chronic) NOS
- ethmoidal J32.2

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To J32.2

J30.81 Allergic rhinitis due to animal (cat) (dog) hair and dander

J30.89 Other allergic rhinitis

J30.9 Allergic rhinitis, unspecified

J31 Chronic rhinitis, nasopharyngitis and pharyngitis

J31.0 Chronic rhinitis

J31.1 Chronic nasopharyngitis

J31.2 Chronic pharyngitis

J32 Chronic sinusitis

J32.0 Chronic maxillary sinusitis

J32.1 Chronic frontal sinusitis

J32.2 Chronic ethmoidal sinusitis

J32.3 Chronic sphenoidal sinusitis

J32.4 Chronic pansinusitis

J32.8 Other chronic sinusitis

J32.9 Chronic sinusitis, unspecified

J33 Nasal polyp

J33.0 Polyp of nasal cavity

J33.1 Polypoid sinus degeneration

J33.8 Other polyp of sinus

J33.9 Nasal polyp, unspecified

J34 Other and unspecified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J32.2

Chronic ethmoidal sinusitis

Polypoid sinus degeneration

Diseases of the respiratory system

Chronic sinusitis

Cutaneous abscess, unspecified

Osteonecrosis, unspecified

Chronic sinusitis, unspecified