J04 Acute laryngitis and tracheitis

Category / Non-billable header 8 subcodes

Block: Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06)

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