ICD-10-CM · Chapter 10 · J00-J99
J04 Acute laryngitis and tracheitis
Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)
- acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis (J05.-)
Excludes 2 (not included here)
- 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)
Subcodes
Each subcode links to a detail page with full clinical annotations.
| Code | Description | Billable |
|---|---|---|
| J04..0 | Acute laryngitis | Yes |
| J04..1 | Acute tracheitis | No |
| J04..10 | Acute tracheitis without obstruction | Yes |
| J04..11 | Acute tracheitis with obstruction | Yes |
| J04..2 | Acute laryngotracheitis | Yes |
| J04..3 | Supraglottitis, unspecified | No |
| J04..30 | Supraglottitis, unspecified, without obstruction | Yes |
| J04..31 | Supraglottitis, unspecified, with obstruction | Yes |
Last reviewed: September 2026