J06.9 - Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified
| ICD-10: | J06.9 |
| Short Description: | Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified |
| Long Description: | Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified |
| Status: | Valid for Submission |
| Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
| Code Classification: |
J06.9 is a billable ICD-10 code used to specify a medical diagnosis of acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified. The code is valid during the fiscal year 2023 from October 01, 2022 through September 30, 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The code is commonly used in family practice , internal medicine medical specialties to specify clinical concepts such as acute respiratory infections.
Unspecified diagnosis codes like J06.9 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Acute respiratory disease
- Acute upper respiratory infection
- Bacterial upper respiratory infection
- COVID-19
- Infection of mucous cyst of nasal sinus
- Infection of upper respiratory tract caused by fungus
- Infection of upper respiratory tract caused by SARS-CoV-2
- Nasal sinus mucocele
- Recurrent upper respiratory tract infection
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- Upper respiratory infection
- Viral respiratory infection
- Viral upper respiratory tract infection
Clinical Information
- COVID-19-. a viral disorder generally characterized by high fever; cough; dyspnea; chills; persistent tremor; muscle pain; headache; sore throat; a new loss of taste and/or smell (see ageusia and anosmia) and other symptoms of a viral pneumonia. in severe cases, a myriad of coagulopathy associated symptoms often correlating with covid-19 severity is seen (e.g., blood coagulation; thrombosis; acute respiratory distress syndrome; seizures; heart attack; stroke; multiple cerebral infarctions; kidney failure; catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and/or disseminated intravascular coagulation). in younger patients, rare inflammatory syndromes are sometimes associated with covid-19 (e.g., atypical kawasaki syndrome; toxic shock syndrome; pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease; and cytokine storm syndrome). a coronavirus, sars-cov-2, in the genus betacoronavirus is the causative agent.
- COVID-19 Testing-. diagnosis of covid-19 by assaying bodily fluids or tissues for the presence of covid-19 antibodies, sars-cov-2 antigens or the viral rna of sars-cov-2.
- SARS Virus-. a species of coronavirus causing atypical respiratory disease (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in humans. the organism is believed to have first emerged in guangdong province, china, in 2002. the natural host is the chinese horseshoe bat, rhinolophus sinicus.
- SARS-CoV-2-. a species of betacoronavirus causing atypical respiratory disease (covid-19) in humans. the organism was first identified in 2019 in wuhan, china. the natural host is the chinese intermediate horseshoe bat, rhinolophus affinis.
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-. a viral disorder characterized by high fever, dry cough, shortness of breath (dyspnea) or breathing difficulties, and atypical pneumonia. a virus in the genus coronavirus is the suspected agent.
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to this diagnosis code:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Upper respiratory disease, acute
- Upper respiratory infection NOS
Use Additional Code
Use Additional CodeThe “use additional code” indicates that a secondary code could be used to further specify the patient’s condition. This note is not mandatory and is only used if enough information is available to assign an additional code.
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index:
- - Disease, diseased - See Also: Syndrome;
- - respiratory (tract) - J98.9
- - acute or subacute NOS - J06.9
- - upper - J39.9
- - acute or subacute - J06.9
- - streptococcal - J06.9
- - respiratory (tract) - J98.9
- - Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) - B99.9
- - respiratory (tract) NEC - J98.8
- - upper (acute) NOS - J06.9
- - streptococcal - J06.9
- - upper (acute) NOS - J06.9
- - respiratory (tract) NEC - J98.8
- - Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
- - respiratory, upper - See Also: Infection, respiratory, upper; - J06.9
- - Tracheopharyngitis (acute) - J06.9
Convert to ICD-9 Code
| Source ICD-10 Code | Target ICD-9 Code | |
|---|---|---|
| J06.9 | 465.8 - Acute uri mult sites NEC | |
| Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code. | ||
| J06.9 | 465.9 - Acute uri NOS | |
| Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code. | ||
Patient Education
Common Cold
Sneezing, sore throat, a stuffy nose, coughing - everyone knows the symptoms of the common cold. It is probably the most common illness. In the course of a year, people in the United States suffer 1 billion colds.
You can get a cold by touching your eyes or nose after you touch surfaces with cold germs on them. You can also inhale the germs. Symptoms usually begin 2 or 3 days after infection and last 2 to 14 days. Washing your hands and staying away from people with colds will help you avoid colds.
There is no cure for the common cold. But there are treatments that can make you feel better while you wait for the cold to go away on its own:
- Getting plenty of rest
- Drinking fluids
- Gargling with warm salt water
- Using cough drops or throat sprays
- Taking over-the-counter pain or cold medicines
However, do not give aspirin to children. And do not give cough medicine to children under four.
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Code History
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
