J06.9 Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.
Applicable to
- Upper respiratory disease, acute
- Upper respiratory infection NOS
Use additional code
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent, if known, such as:
- respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (B97.4)
Applies from J06 Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites
Excludes1 (never code together)
- acute respiratory infection NOS (J22)
- influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1)
- streptococcal pharyngitis (J02.0)
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 011-013 in MDC PRE.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
465.8 Acute upper respiratory infections of other multiple sites (approximate)465.9 Acute upper respiratory infections of unspecified site (approximate)
Code annotations containing back-references to J06.9
Back-references to J06.9
- Code First:
B97.4 Respiratory syncytial virus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere ("upper respiratory infection (J06.9)") - Type 1 Excludes:
J22 Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection ("upper respiratory infection (acute) (J06.9)") - Type 1 Excludes:
J39 Other diseases of upper respiratory tract ("acute upper respiratory infection (J06.9)")
Back-references to J06
- Code Also:
D81.82 Activated Phosphoinositide 3-kinase Delta Syndrome [APDS] ("other acute respiratory tract infections (J00-J06; J20-J22)")
Diagnosis Index entries for J06.9
- Disease, diseased › respiratory (tract) › acute or subacute NOS
- Disease, diseased › respiratory (tract) › upper › acute or subacute
- Disease, diseased › respiratory (tract) › upper › streptococcal
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › respiratory (tract) NEC › upper (acute) NOS
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › respiratory (tract) NEC › upper (acute) NOS › streptococcal
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › respiratory (tract) NEC › upper (acute) NOS › viral NOS
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › respiratory (tract) NEC › upper (acute) NOS › viral NOS › due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › virus, viral NOS › respiratory syncytial (RSV) › upper respiratory infection
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation) › respiratory, upper
- Tracheopharyngitis (acute)
- Virus, viral › respiratory syncytial (RSV) › upper respiratory infection
Nearby codes
J06 Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sitesJ06.0 Acute laryngopharyngitisJ06.9 Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified (this code)