J32.9 Chronic sinusitis, unspecified

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Sinusitis (chronic) NOS

Applies from J32 Chronic sinusitis

Includes

• sinus abscess
• sinus empyema
• sinus infection
• sinus suppuration

Excludes2 (not included here)

• acute sinusitis (J01.-)

Use additional code

• code to identify:
• infectious agent (B95-B97)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 152-153 in MDC 03.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 473.9 Unspecified sinusitis (chronic)

Code annotations containing back-references to J32.9

Back-references to J32.9

• Type 1 Excludes: J01 Acute sinusitis ("sinusitis NOS (J32.9)")

Diagnosis Index entries for J32.9

• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › nasal
• Degeneration, degenerative › nasal sinus (mucosa)
• Pyocele › turbinate (bone)
• Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)

Nearby codes

• J32.1 Chronic frontal sinusitis
• J32.2 Chronic ethmoidal sinusitis
• J32.3 Chronic sphenoidal sinusitis
• J32.4 Chronic pansinusitis
• J32.8 Other chronic sinusitis
• J32.9 Chronic sinusitis, unspecified (this code)