J04

Acute laryngitis and tracheitis

Non-billableCategory

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with J04

  • acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis (J05.-)

Excludes2 (Not Included Here)

These conditions are not part of this code but may be reported additionally if documented

  • J38.5 - 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)

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