ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS (460-466)
Excludes:
pneumonia and influenza (480.0-488.19)
463 Acute tonsillitis
Tonsillitis (acute):
NOS
follicular
gangrenous
infective
pneumococcal
septic
staphylococcal
suppurative
ulcerative
viral
Excludes:
chronic tonsillitis (474.0)
hypertrophy of tonsils (474.1)
peritonsillar abscess [quinsy] (475)
sore throat:
acute or NOS (462)
septic (034.0)
streptococcal tonsillitis (034.0)

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