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)


