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J31.2 - Chronic pharyngitis


The ICD 10 Code for Chronic pharyngitis is listed as J31.2.
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: J31.2
Description: Chronic pharyngitis
  • Chronic sore throat
  • Atrophic pharyngitis (chronic)
  • Granular pharyngitis (chronic)
  • Hypertrophic pharyngitis (chronic)
  • Excludes2: acute pharyngitis (J02.9)
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 Other diseases of upper respiratory tract (J30-J39)
Parent J31 - Chronic rhinitis, nasopharyngitis and pharyngitis
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 472.1 - Chronic pharyngitis
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of J31.2:
J31.0 - Chronic rhinitis
J31.1 - Chronic nasopharyngitis