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

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J39.1

Other abscess of pharynx

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Billable/Specific Code

J39.1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM J39.1 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J39.1 - other international versions of ICD-10 J39.1 may differ.

Applicable To

Cellulitis of pharynx
Nasopharyngeal abscess

The following code(s) above J39.1 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 J39.1:

J00-J99
2020 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
J39
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J39
Other diseases of upper respiratory tract
Type 1 Excludes
- acute respiratory infection NOS (J22)
- acute upper respiratory infection (J06.9)
- upper respiratory inflammation due to chemicals, gases, fumes or vapors (J68.2)
Other diseases of upper respiratory tract

Approximate Synonyms

Abscess of nasopharynx
Abscess of pharynx
Cellulitis of pharynx
Pharyngeal cellulitis

ICD-10-CM J39.1 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):

011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth & neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with mcc
012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth & neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with cc
013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth & neck diagnoses or laryngectomy without cc/mcc
152 Otitis media and uri with mcc
153 Otitis media and uri without mcc

Convert J39.1 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
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to J39.1:

Type 1 Excludes: J02

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J02
Acute pharyngitis
Includes
- acute sore throat
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)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to J39.1:

Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.91
Cutaneous abscess, unspecified
- bursa M71.00
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M71.00
  Abscess of bursa, unspecified site
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
  - pharyngeal J39.1
- fauces J39.1
- nasopharyngeal J39.1
- pharynx, pharyngeal J39.1 (lateral)
- throat J39.1
Bursitis M71.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M71.9
Bursopathy, unspecified
Applicable To
Bursitis NOS
- pharyngeal J39.1
Cellulitis (diffuse) (phlegmonous) (septic) (suppurative) L03.90
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L03.90
Cellulitis, unspecified
- nasopharynx J39.1
- pharynx J39.1

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To J39.1

J38.02 …… bilateral

J38.1 Polyp of vocal cord and larynx

J38.2 Nodules of vocal cords

J38.3 Other diseases of vocal cords

J38.4 Edema of larynx

J38.5 Laryngeal spasm

J38.6 Stenosis of larynx

J38.7 Other diseases of larynx

J39 Other diseases of upper respiratory tract

J39.0 Retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscess

J39.1 Other abscess of pharynx

J39.2 Other diseases of pharynx

J39.3 Upper respiratory tract hypersensitivity reaction, site unspecified

J39.8 Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract

J39.9 Disease of upper respiratory tract, unspecified

J40 Bronchitis, not specified as acute or chronic

J41 Simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis

J41.0 Simple chronic bronchitis

J41.1 Mucopurulent chronic bronchitis

J41.8 Mixed simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis

J42 Unspecified chronic bronchitis

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

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J39.1

Other abscess of pharynx

Diseases of the respiratory system

Other diseases of upper respiratory tract

Acute pharyngitis

Cutaneous abscess, unspecified

Abscess of bursa, unspecified site

Bursopathy, unspecified

Cellulitis, unspecified