Acute pharyngitis - J02
This notation helps users understand the scope of a code J02 category and provides additional information about the conditions or terms that fall under that category.
Category Includes:
- acute sore throat
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- acute laryngopharyngitis (J06.0)
- peritonsillar abscess (J36)
- pharyngeal abscess (J39.1)
- retropharyngeal abscess (J39.0)
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- chronic pharyngitis (J31.2)
These ranges represents subcategories of Acute pharyngitis. The "J02" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.