J31.2 Chronic pharyngitis

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Chronic sore throat
• Atrophic pharyngitis (chronic)
• Granular pharyngitis (chronic)
• Hypertrophic pharyngitis (chronic)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• acute pharyngitis (J02.9)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 011-013 in MDC PRE.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 472.1 Chronic pharyngitis

Code annotations containing back-references to J31.2

Back-references to J31.2

• Type 2 Excludes: J00 Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold] ("chronic pharyngitis (J31.2)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J00 Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold] ("chronic sore throat (J31.2)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J02 Acute pharyngitis ("chronic pharyngitis (J31.2)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J39.2 Other diseases of pharynx ("chronic pharyngitis (J31.2)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R07.0 Pain in throat ("chronic sore throat (J31.2)")

Diagnosis Index entries for J31.2

• Catarrh, catarrhal (acute) (febrile) (infectious) (inflammation) › throat
• Granular › inflammation, pharynx
• Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation) › follicular, pharynx
• Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation) › granular, pharynx
• Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal)(gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) › atrophic
• Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal)(gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) › chronic (atrophic) (granular) (hypertrophic)
• Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal)(gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) › follicular (chronic)
• Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal)(gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) › granular (chronic)
• Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal)(gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) › hypertrophic
• Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal)(gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) › infectional, chronic
• Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal)(gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) › sicca
• Smoker's › throat
• Sore › throat (acute) › chronic

Nearby codes

• J31 Chronic rhinitis, nasopharyngitis and pharyngitis
• J31.0 Chronic rhinitis
• J31.1 Chronic nasopharyngitis
• J31.2 Chronic pharyngitis (this code)