J04Acute laryngitis and tracheitis
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)
Coding Notes
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis (J05.-)
Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)
- laryngismus (stridulus) (J38.5)
Use Additional Code
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
Code Also
- influenza, if present, such as:
- influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2)
- influenza due to other identified influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J10.1)
- influenza due to unidentified influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J11.1)
Subcategories (4)
- J04.0 Acute laryngitis
- J04.1 Acute tracheitis
- J04.2 Acute laryngotracheitis
- J04.3 Supraglottitis, unspecified