ICD-10-CM · Chapter 10 · J00-J99
J01 Acute sinusitis
Includes
- acute abscess of sinus
- acute empyema of sinus
- acute infection of sinus
- acute inflammation of sinus
- acute suppuration of sinus
Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)
- sinusitis NOS (J32.9)
Excludes 2 (not included here)
- chronic sinusitis (J32.0-J32.8)
Use Additional Code
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
Subcodes
Each subcode links to a detail page with full clinical annotations.
| Code | Description | Billable |
|---|---|---|
| J01..0 | Acute maxillary sinusitis | No |
| J01..00 | Acute maxillary sinusitis, unspecified | Yes |
| J01..01 | Acute recurrent maxillary sinusitis | Yes |
| J01..1 | Acute frontal sinusitis | No |
| J01..10 | Acute frontal sinusitis, unspecified | Yes |
| J01..11 | Acute recurrent frontal sinusitis | Yes |
| J01..2 | Acute ethmoidal sinusitis | No |
| J01..20 | Acute ethmoidal sinusitis, unspecified | Yes |
| J01..21 | Acute recurrent ethmoidal sinusitis | Yes |
| J01..3 | Acute sphenoidal sinusitis | No |
| J01..30 | Acute sphenoidal sinusitis, unspecified | Yes |
| J01..31 | Acute recurrent sphenoidal sinusitis | Yes |
| J01..4 | Acute pansinusitis | No |
| J01..40 | Acute pansinusitis, unspecified | Yes |
| J01..41 | Acute recurrent pansinusitis | Yes |
| J01..8 | Other acute sinusitis | No |
| J01..80 | Other acute sinusitis | Yes |
| J01..81 | Other acute recurrent sinusitis | Yes |
| J01..9 | Acute sinusitis, unspecified | No |
| J01..90 | Acute sinusitis, unspecified | Yes |
| J01..91 | Acute recurrent sinusitis, unspecified | Yes |
Last reviewed: September 2026