J30-J39 — Other diseases of upper respiratory tract
Every ICD-10-CM code in this range and the PDGM clinical group CMS assigns to it, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.1.26.
Codes in range
62
No clinical group
6
A period cannot be grouped from these.
Barred as primary
0
CMS rejects these in the primary position.
Where these codes group
51 of the 62 codes in J30-J39 group to MMTA - Other, but the range is not uniform — it spreads across 3 clinical groups. A further 6 are assigned no clinical group at all, which means a 30-day period cannot be grouped from them.
Every code in J30-J39
Descriptions are CMS’s own, abbreviated as CMS abbreviates them.
| Code | Description | Clinical group | Primary position |
|---|---|---|---|
| J300 | Vasomotor rhinitis | A | Accepted |
| J301 | Allergic rhinitis due to pollen | A | Accepted |
| J302 | Other seasonal allergic rhinitis | A | Accepted |
| J305 | Allergic rhinitis due to food | A | Accepted |
| J3081 | Allergic rhinitis due to animal (cat) (dog) hair and dander | A | Accepted |
| J3089 | Other allergic rhinitis | A | Accepted |
| J309 | Allergic rhinitis, unspecified | A | Accepted |
| J310 | Chronic rhinitis | A | Accepted |
| J311 | Chronic nasopharyngitis | A | Accepted |
| J312 | Chronic pharyngitis | A | Accepted |
| J320 | Chronic maxillary sinusitis | A | Accepted |
| J321 | Chronic frontal sinusitis | A | Accepted |
| J322 | Chronic ethmoidal sinusitis | A | Accepted |
| J323 | Chronic sphenoidal sinusitis | A | Accepted |
| J324 | Chronic pansinusitis | A | Accepted |
| J328 | Other chronic sinusitis | A | Accepted |
| J329 | Chronic sinusitis, unspecified | A | Accepted |
| J330 | Polyp of nasal cavity | A | Accepted |
| J331 | Polypoid sinus degeneration | A | Accepted |
| J338 | Other polyp of sinus | A | Accepted |
| J339 | Nasal polyp, unspecified | A | Accepted |
| J340 | Abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of nose | C | Accepted |
| J341 | Cyst and mucocele of nose and nasal sinus | C | Accepted |
| J342 | Deviated nasal septum | A | Accepted |
| J343 | Hypertrophy of nasal turbinates | A | Accepted |
| J3481 | Nasal mucositis (ulcerative) | A | Accepted |
| J348200 | Internal nasal valve collapse, unspecified | None | Too unspecified |
| J348201 | Internal nasal valve collapse, static | A | Accepted |
| J348202 | Internal nasal valve collapse, dynamic | A | Accepted |
| J348210 | External nasal valve collapse, unspecified | None | Too unspecified |
| J348211 | External nasal valve collapse, static | A | Accepted |
| J348212 | External nasal valve collapse, dynamic | A | Accepted |
| J34829 | Nasal valve collapse, unspecified | None | Too unspecified |
| J3489 | Other specified disorders of nose and nasal sinuses | A | Accepted |
| J349 | Unspecified disorder of nose and nasal sinuses | None | Cannot group |
| J3501 | Chronic tonsillitis | A | Accepted |
| J3502 | Chronic adenoiditis | A | Accepted |
| J3503 | Chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis | A | Accepted |
| J351 | Hypertrophy of tonsils | A | Accepted |
| J352 | Hypertrophy of adenoids | A | Accepted |
| J353 | Hypertrophy of tonsils with hypertrophy of adenoids | A | Accepted |
| J358 | Other chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids | A | Accepted |
| J359 | Chronic disease of tonsils and adenoids, unspecified | None | Cannot group |
| J36 | Peritonsillar abscess | A | Accepted |
| J370 | Chronic laryngitis | A | Accepted |
| J371 | Chronic laryngotracheitis | A | Accepted |
| J3800 | Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx, unspecified | None | Cannot group |
| J3801 | Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx, unilateral | A | Accepted |
| J3802 | Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx, bilateral | A | Accepted |
| J381 | Polyp of vocal cord and larynx | A | Accepted |
| J382 | Nodules of vocal cords | A | Accepted |
| J383 | Other diseases of vocal cords | A | Accepted |
| J384 | Edema of larynx | A | Accepted |
| J385 | Laryngeal spasm | A | Accepted |
| J386 | Stenosis of larynx | A | Accepted |
| J387 | Other diseases of larynx | A | Accepted |
| J390 | Retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscess | A | Accepted |
| J391 | Other abscess of pharynx | A | Accepted |
| J392 | Other diseases of pharynx | A | Accepted |
| J393 | Upper respiratory tract hypersensitivity reaction, site unsp | L | Accepted |
| J398 | Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract | L | Accepted |
| J399 | Disease of upper respiratory tract, unspecified | L | Accepted |
Source: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.1.26, effective 2026-04-01. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.
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