J03.8 - Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms

The ICD 10 Code for Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms is listed as J03.8.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	J03.8
Description:	Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms Use additional code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent Excludes1: diphtheritic tonsillitis (A36.0) herpesviral pharyngotonsillitis (B00.2) streptococcal tonsillitis (J03.0) tuberculous tonsillitis (A15.8) Vincent's tonsillitis (A69.1)

Chapter	Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
Block	Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)
Parent	J03 - Acute tonsillitis
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of J03.8:
J03.80 - Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
J03.81 - Acute recurrent tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of J03.8:
J03.0 - Streptococcal tonsillitis
J03.9 - Acute tonsillitis, unspecified