J00 Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.
Applicable to
- Acute rhinitis
- Coryza (acute)
- Infective nasopharyngitis NOS
- Infective rhinitis
- Nasal catarrh, acute
- Nasopharyngitis NOS
Excludes1 (never code together)
- acute pharyngitis (J02.-)
- acute sore throat NOS (J02.9)
- influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1)
- pharyngitis NOS (J02.9)
- rhinitis NOS (J31.0)
- sore throat NOS (J02.9)
Excludes2 (not included here)
- allergic rhinitis (J30.1-J30.9)
- chronic pharyngitis (J31.2)
- chronic rhinitis (J31.0)
- chronic sore throat (J31.2)
- nasopharyngitis, chronic (J31.1)
- vasomotor rhinitis (J30.0)
Applies from J00 Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]
Applicable to
- Acute rhinitis
- Coryza (acute)
- Infective nasopharyngitis NOS
- Infective rhinitis
- Nasal catarrh, acute
- Nasopharyngitis NOS
Excludes1 (never code together)
- acute pharyngitis (J02.-)
- acute sore throat NOS (J02.9)
- influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1)
- pharyngitis NOS (J02.9)
- rhinitis NOS (J31.0)
- sore throat NOS (J02.9)
Excludes2 (not included here)
- allergic rhinitis (J30.1-J30.9)
- chronic pharyngitis (J31.2)
- chronic rhinitis (J31.0)
- chronic sore throat (J31.2)
- nasopharyngitis, chronic (J31.1)
- vasomotor rhinitis (J30.0)
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 011-013 in MDC PRE.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
460 Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]
Code annotations containing back-references to J00
Back-references to J00
- Code Also:
D81.82 Activated Phosphoinositide 3-kinase Delta Syndrome [APDS] ("other acute respiratory tract infections (J00-J06; J20-J22)") - Type 2 Excludes:
J31.1 Chronic nasopharyngitis ("acute nasopharyngitis (J00)")
Back-references to J00
- Code Also:
D81.82 Activated Phosphoinositide 3-kinase Delta Syndrome [APDS] ("other acute respiratory tract infections (J00-J06; J20-J22)") - Type 2 Excludes:
J31.1 Chronic nasopharyngitis ("acute nasopharyngitis (J00)")
Diagnosis Index entries for J00
- Catarrh, catarrhal (acute) (febrile) (infectious) (inflammation)
- Catarrh, catarrhal (acute) (febrile) (infectious) (inflammation) › nasopharyngeal (chronic) › acute
- Cold
- Cold › common (head)
- Cold › head
- Cold › symptoms
- Cold › virus
- Common › cold (head)
- Coryza (acute)
- Drip, postnasal (chronic) › due to › common cold
- Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) › catarrhal (acute)
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › respiratory (tract) NEC › rhinovirus
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation) › catarrhal
- Nasopharyngitis (acute) (infective) (streptococcal) (subacute)
- Postnasal drip › due to › common cold
- Rhinitis (atrophic) (catarrhal) (chronic) (croupous) (fibrinous) (granulomatous) (hyperplastic) (hypertrophic) (membranous) (obstructive) (purulent) (suppurative) (ulcerative) › acute
- Rhinitis (atrophic) (catarrhal) (chronic) (croupous) (fibrinous) (granulomatous) (hyperplastic) (hypertrophic) (membranous) (obstructive) (purulent) (suppurative) (ulcerative) › infective
- Rhinitis (atrophic) (catarrhal) (chronic) (croupous) (fibrinous) (granulomatous) (hyperplastic) (hypertrophic) (membranous) (obstructive) (purulent) (suppurative) (ulcerative) › pneumococcal
- Symptoms NEC › cold
- Symptoms NEC › viral cold
Nearby codes
J00 Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold] (this code)