J00

ICD-10Billable

Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]

Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)

Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]

J00 is valid for submission on a claim — CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.

Inclusion terms

  • Acute rhinitis
  • Coryza (acute)
  • Infective nasopharyngitis NOS
  • Infective rhinitis
  • Nasal catarrh, acute
  • Nasopharyngitis NOS

Excludes1

Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.

  • acute pharyngitis (J02.-)
  • acute sore throat NOS (J02.9)
  • influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1)
  • pharyngitis NOS (J02.9)
  • rhinitis NOS (J31.0)
  • sore throat NOS (J02.9)

Excludes2

Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.

  • 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)

Where this code sits

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Source

ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.

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