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J06.9 - Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified


The ICD 10 Code for Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified is listed as J06.9.
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: J06.9
Description: Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified
  • Upper respiratory disease, acute
  • Upper respiratory infection NOS
  • Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18)
  • Excludes2: allergic or eosinophilic pneumonia (J82)
  • aspiration pneumonia NOS (J69.0)
  • meconium pneumonia (P24.01)
  • neonatal aspiration pneumonia (P24.-)
  • pneumonia due to solids and liquids (J69.-)
  • congenital pneumonia (P23.9)
  • lipid pneumonia (J69.1)
  • rheumatic pneumonia (I00)
  • ventilator associated pneumonia (J95.851)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
011 - Tracheostomy For Face,mouth & Neck Diagnoses W Mcc
012 - Tracheostomy For Face,mouth & Neck Diagnoses W Cc
013 - Tracheostomy For Face,mouth & Neck Diagnoses W/o Cc/mcc
152 - Otitis Media & Uri W Mcc
153 - Otitis Media & Uri W/o Mcc
Chapter Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
Block Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)
Parent J06 - Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 465.8 - Acute upper respiratory infections of other multiple sites (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 465.9 - Acute upper respiratory infections of unspecified site (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of J06.9:
J06.0 - Acute laryngopharyngitis