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Free Medical Coding > ICD10 CM > 2025 ICD-10-CM Codes > 2025 ICD-10-CM Codes J00-J99 – Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99) > 2025 ICD-10-CM Codes J00-J06 – Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06) > 2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J00 – Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold] (J00)

2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J00 – Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold] (J00)

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025Billable/Specific Code
  • J00 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM J00 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J00 – other international versions of ICD-10 J00 may differ.

ICD-10-CM J00 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):

  • 011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with mcc
  • 012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with cc
  • 013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy without cc/mcc
  • 152 Otitis media and uri with mcc
  • 153 Otitis media and uri without mcc

Applicable To

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

Type 1 Excludes

  • 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)

Type 2 Excludes

  • 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)

Code History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): No change
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
  • 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to J00:

  • acute > nasopharyngeal (chronic) J31.1
  • common (head) > Cold J00
  • head > Cold J00
  • symptoms > Cold J00
  • virus > Cold J00
  • cold (head) > Common
  • common cold > due to
  • catarrhal (acute) > Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) R50.9
  • rhinovirus > respiratory NEC (tract) J98.8
  • catarrhal > Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
  • common cold > due to
  • acute > Rhinitis (atrophic) (catarrhal) (chronic) (croupous) (fibrinous) (granulomatous) (hyperplastic) (hypertrophic) (membranous) (obstructive) (purulent) (suppurative) (ulcerative) J31.0
  • infective > Rhinitis (atrophic) (catarrhal) (chronic) (croupous) (fibrinous) (granulomatous) (hyperplastic) (hypertrophic) (membranous) (obstructive) (purulent) (suppurative) (ulcerative) J31.0
  • pneumococcal > Rhinitis (atrophic) (catarrhal) (chronic) (croupous) (fibrinous) (granulomatous) (hyperplastic) (hypertrophic) (membranous) (obstructive) (purulent) (suppurative) (ulcerative) J31.0
  • cold > Symptoms NEC R68.89
  • viral cold > Symptoms NEC R68.89

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