TONSILLOPHARYNGITIS is a code for Acute tonsillitis due.
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How do you code acute tonsillitis with acute yngitis?
J03.90 Acute Tonsillitis excludes a note for sore throat.The codes for pharyngitis are J.9.When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site.tracheobronchitis to bronchitis is a disease.
Acute tonsillitis and acute pharyngitis need to becoded separately.Coders are not allowed to combine terms in ICD10 for these.If tonsillopharyngitis is documented as acute tonsillitis, the instructional note would apply and the lower anatomic site would code J.9.The instructional note doesn't apply to tonsillitis and pharyngitis because they are indexable.
The RMC trainer team feels it is appropriate to code them both because they are two separate areas.
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