Acute laryngitis and tracheitis - J04
Use Additional Code: This note indicates that an additional code should be used in conjunction with the primary code "J04" to provide a complete picture of the patient's condition or to capture associated factors.
Use Additional:
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis (J05.-)
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- laryngismus (stridulus) (J38.5)
Code Also: It indicates that an additional code should be used alongside the primary code to capture related factors or associated conditions.
Category codeAlso:
- 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)
These ranges represents subcategories of Acute laryngitis and tracheitis. The "J04" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- J04.0 - Acute laryngitis
- J04.1 - Acute tracheitis
- J04.10 - Acute tracheitis without obstruction
- J04.11 - Acute tracheitis with obstruction
- J04.2 - Acute laryngotracheitis
- J04.3 - Supraglottitis, unspecified
- J04.30 - Supraglottitis, unspecified, without obstruction
- J04.31 - Supraglottitis, unspecified, with obstruction