DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

J01 Acute sinusitis

  • Header · not billable

J01 is not billable. The category heads 14 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 7 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Pansinusitis (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acute → J01.40
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acute → J01.90
  • Antritismaxillaacute → J01.00

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 10 Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)
  2. J00-J06 Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)
  3. J01 Acute sinusitis
Billable codes
14
Subdivisions
7
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
30

Codes in J01

  1. J01.0
    Acute maxillary sinusitis
    Header
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Acute antritis
  2. J01.00
    Acute maxillary sinusitis, unspecified
    Billable
  3. J01.01
    Acute recurrent maxillary sinusitis
    Billable
  4. J01.1
    Acute frontal sinusitis
    Header
  5. J01.10
    Acute frontal sinusitis, unspecified
    Billable
  6. J01.11
    Acute recurrent frontal sinusitis
    Billable
  7. J01.2
    Acute ethmoidal sinusitis
    Header
  8. J01.20
    Acute ethmoidal sinusitis, unspecified
    Billable
  9. J01.21
    Acute recurrent ethmoidal sinusitis
    Billable
  10. J01.3
    Acute sphenoidal sinusitis
    Header
  11. J01.30
    Acute sphenoidal sinusitis, unspecified
    Billable
  12. J01.31
    Acute recurrent sphenoidal sinusitis
    Billable
  13. J01.4
    Acute pansinusitis
    Header
  14. J01.40
    Acute pansinusitis, unspecified
    Billable
  15. J01.41
    Acute recurrent pansinusitis
    Billable
  16. J01.8
    Other acute sinusitis
    Header
  17. J01.80
    Other acute sinusitis
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Acute sinusitis involving more than one sinus but not pansinusitis
  18. J01.81
    Other acute recurrent sinusitis
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Acute recurrent sinusitis involving more than one sinus but not pansinusitis
  19. J01.9
    Acute sinusitis, unspecified
    Header
  20. J01.90
    Acute sinusitis, unspecified
    Billable
  21. J01.91
    Acute recurrent sinusitis, unspecified
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At J01

Includes

  • acute abscess of sinus
  • acute empyema of sinus
  • acute infection of sinus
  • acute inflammation of sinus
  • acute suppuration of sinus

Excludes1

  • sinusitis NOS (J32.9) J32.9

Excludes2

Use additional code

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

Notes that also apply

Block J00-J06 instructions (Excludes1 1): printed on the block page.

Chapter 10 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 9, Use additional code 7): printed on the chapter 10 page.

Index entries

  • Pansinusitis (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acute → J01.40
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acute → J01.90
  • Antritismaxillaacute → J01.00
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acutemaxillary → J01.00
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)maxillaryacute → J01.00
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acutefrontal → J01.10
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)frontalacute → J01.10
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acuteethmoidal → J01.20
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)ethmoidalacute → J01.20
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acutesphenoidal → J01.30
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)sphenoidalacute → J01.30
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acutepansinusitis → J01.40
  • Pansinusitis (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acuterecurrent → J01.41
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acuteinvolving more than one sinus, other than pansinusitis → J01.80
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acutespecified NEC → J01.80
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)involving more than one sinus but not pansinusitisacute → J01.80
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acuterecurrent → J01.91
  • Antritismaxillaacuterecurrent → J01.01
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acutemaxillaryrecurrent → J01.01
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)maxillaryacuterecurrent → J01.01
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acutefrontalrecurrent → J01.11
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)frontalacuterecurrent → J01.11
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acuteethmoidalrecurrent → J01.21
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)ethmoidalacuterecurrent → J01.21
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acutesphenoidalrecurrent → J01.31
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)sphenoidalacuterecurrent → J01.31
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acutepansinusitisrecurrent → J01.41
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acuteinvolving more than one sinus, other than pansinusitisrecurrent → J01.81
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)acutespecified NECrecurrent → J01.81
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (chronic) (hyperplastic) (nasal) (nonpurulent) (purulent)involving more than one sinus but not pansinusitisacuterecurrent → J01.81

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