|  J02 |  | Acute pharyngitis  | 
	
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		| Includes | acute sore throat 
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		| Excludes1 | acute laryngopharyngitis (J06.0) peritonsillar abscess (J36)
 pharyngeal abscess (J39.1)
 retropharyngeal abscess (J39.0)
 
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		| Excludes2 | chronic pharyngitis (J31.2) 
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		|  J02.0 |  | Streptococcal pharyngitis |  
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| Septic pharyngitis |  | Streptococcal sore throat |  
		| Excludes2 | scarlet fever (A38.-) 
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		|  J02.8 |  | Acute pharyngitis due to other specified organisms |  
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		| UseAdditionalCode | code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent 
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		| Excludes1 | acute pharyngitis due to coxsackie virus (B08.5) acute pharyngitis due to gonococcus (A54.5)
 acute pharyngitis due to herpes [simplex] virus (B00.2)
 acute pharyngitis due to infectious mononucleosis (B27.-)
 enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis (B08.5)
 
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		|  J02.9 |  | Acute pharyngitis, unspecified |  
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| Gangrenous pharyngitis (acute) |  | Infective pharyngitis (acute) NOS |  | Pharyngitis (acute) NOS |  | Sore throat (acute) NOS |  | Suppurative pharyngitis (acute) |  | Ulcerative pharyngitis (acute) |  
		| Excludes1 | influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1) 
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