J00
BillableAcute nasopharyngitis [common cold]
Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]
Coding Notes
Inclusion Terms
Alternative clinical terms for this condition
- Acute rhinitis
- Coryza (acute)
- Infective nasopharyngitis NOS
- Infective rhinitis
- Nasal catarrh, acute
- Nasopharyngitis NOS
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- 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)
Use Additional Code
Additional codes that should follow this code
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Respiratory syncytial virus pharyngitis31309002
- Nasopharyngitis51476001
- Rhinopharyngitis51476001
- Parainfluenza virus rhinopharyngitis59221008
- Parainfluenza virus pharyngitis78911000
- Acute coryza82272006
- Acute infective rhinitis82272006
- Acute nasal catarrh82272006
- Acute nasopharyngitis82272006
- Acute rhinitis82272006
- Cold82272006
- Common cold82272006
- Head cold82272006
- Infective nasopharyngitis82272006
- Infective rhinitis82272006
- Acute viral pharyngitis195662009
- Acute irritant rhinitis232343007
- NINA - Non-infective non-allergic rhinitis232345000
- Non-infective non-allergic rhinitis232345000
- Acute rhinosinusitis431231008
- Rhinosinusitis897656009
- Acute nasopharyngitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus602893011000119101
- Acute respiratory syncytial virus nasopharyngitis602893011000119101
- Acute respiratory syncytial virus upper respiratory infection903729901000119103
- Acute upper respiratory infection caused by respiratory syncytial virus903729901000119103
- Irritant rhinitis61000119108
UMLS
- Acute NasopharyngitisC0009443
- Acute coryzaC0009443
- Acute infective rhinitisC0009443
- Acute nasal catarrhC0009443
- Acute nasopharyngitisC0009443
- Acute nasopharyngitis (common cold)C0009443
- Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]C0009443
- Acute rhinitisC0009443
- ColdC0009443
- Cold, CommonC0009443
- Colds, CommonC0009443
- Common ColdC0009443
- Common ColdsC0009443
- Common coldC0009443
- Common cold (disorder)C0009443
- Common cold syndromeC0009443
- Coryza (acute)C0009443
- Head coldC0009443
- Infectious RhinitisC0009443
- Infective nasopharyngitisC0009443
- Infective nasopharyngitis NOSC0009443
- Infective rhinitisC0009443
- Nasal catarrh, acuteC0009443
- Rhinitis (infective)C0009443
- Rhinitis infectiveC0009443
- acute coryzaC0009443
- acute nasopharyngitisC0009443
- acute rhinitisC0009443
- coldC0009443
- coldsC0009443
- common coldC0009443
- common coldsC0009443
- head coldC0009443
- NasopharyngitidesC0027441
- NasopharyngitisC0027441
- Nasopharyngitis (disorder)C0027441
- Nasopharyngitis NOSC0027441
- RhinopharyngitisC0027441
- nasopharyngitisC0027441
- rhinopharyngitisC0027441
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code J00?
ICD-10-CM code J00 represents "Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is J00 a billable code?
Yes, J00 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is J00 in?
J00 is in Chapter 10: Diseases of the Respiratory System (codes J00-J99).
What codes cannot be used with J00?
J00 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0); acute pharyngitis (J02.-); acute sore throat NOS (J02.9); and 4 more.
Are additional codes required with J00?
Yes, when using J00 you should also code: code, where applicable, to identify:; exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22); exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81); history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891); occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31); tobacco dependence (F17.-); tobacco use (Z72.0).
What SNOMED CT codes does J00 map to?
J00 maps to 13 SNOMED CT concepts: 82272006, 232343007, 602893011000119101, 903729901000119103, 431231008, and 8 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for J00?
J00 is linked to 2 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0009443, C0027441. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.