ICD-10-CM Codes
J00-J99 Diseases of the respiratory system
J30-J39 Other diseases of upper respiratory tract
J33- Nasal polyp

2018/2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J33.1

Polypoid sinus degeneration

2016

2017

2018

2019

Billable/Specific Code

J33.1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2018/2019 edition of ICD-10-CM J33.1 became effective on October 1, 2018.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J33.1 - other international versions of ICD-10 J33.1 may differ.

Applicable To

Woakes' syndrome or ethmoiditis

The following code(s) above J33.1 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 J33.1:

J00-J99
2019 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
J33
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J33
Nasal polyp
Type 1 Excludes
- adenomatous polyps (D14.0)
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)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- tobacco use (Z72.0)
Nasal polyp

ICD-10-CM J33.1 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v36.0):

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 J33.1 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

Code annotations containing back-references to J33.1:

Type 1 Excludes: J32.2

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J32.2
Chronic ethmoidal sinusitis
Applicable To
- Ethmoidal sinusitis NOS
Type 1 Excludes
- Woakes' ethmoiditis (J33.1)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to J33.1:

Degeneration, degenerative
- sinus (cystic) - see also Sinusitis
  - polypoid J33.1
Ethmoiditis (chronic) (nonpurulent) (purulent) - see also Sinusitis, ethmoidal
- Woakes' J33.1
Syndrome - see also Disease
- Woakes' J33.1 (ethmoiditis)
Woakes' ethmoiditis or syndrome J33.1

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To J33.1

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

J34.0 Abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of nose

J34.1 Cyst and mucocele of nose and nasal sinus

J34.2 Deviated nasal septum

J34.3 Hypertrophy of nasal turbinates

J34.8 Other specified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses

J34.81 Nasal mucositis (ulcerative)

J34.89 Other specified 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.

2018/2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J33.1

Polypoid sinus degeneration

Diseases of the respiratory system

Nasal polyp

Chronic ethmoidal sinusitis