J06Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites

J06 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites. It belongs to block J00-J06 (acute upper respiratory infections) and chapter 10 (diseases of the respiratory system). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: J06.0 (laryngopharyngitis) and J06.9 (unspecified).

Don't report J06 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: acute respiratory infection NOS (J22), influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1) and streptococcal pharyngitis (J02.0).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.