J06 — Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites
Is J06 billable?
No — J06 is a non-billable header code. J06 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 2 billable codes beneath J06.
Billable codes under this header
J06 at a glance
| Code | J06 |
|---|---|
| Description | Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with J06 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from J00-J06
The conditions below can never be reported together with J06 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)
Use additional code — inherited from Chapter 10
Report an additional code alongside J06 to fully describe the condition. J06 is sequenced first.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 10
The conditions below are not part of J06, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, J06 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
What codes fall under J06? (2)
How long has J06 existed?
J06 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
Which codes are confused with J06?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with J06 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.