J04.0

J04.0: Acute laryngitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

J04.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute laryngitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check J04.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

acute obstructive laryngitis (J05.0)

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

chronic laryngitis (J37.0)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Edematous laryngitis (acute)
Laryngitis (acute) NOS
Subglottic laryngitis (acute)
Suppurative laryngitis (acute)
Ulcerative laryngitis (acute)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J04.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on J04: Acute laryngitis and tracheitis

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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above J04.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on J04: Acute laryngitis and tracheitis

laryngismus (stridulus) (J38.5)

Other codes that can never be billed with J04.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

J38Diseases of vocal cords and larynx, not elsewhere classified
J38.4Edema of larynx

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

J04.0 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A57205Billing and Coding: Oximetry Services
A58575Billing and Coding: Respiratory Pathogen Panel Testing
A58577Billing and Coding: Respiratory Pathogen Panel Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Glottitis
Laryngitis(acute) (edematous) (fibrinous) (infective) (infiltrative) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pneumococcal) (pseudomembranous) (septic) (subglottic) (suppurative) (ulcerative)
Gangrene, gangrenous›laryngitis
Laryngitis›H. influenzae
Laryngitis›Hemophilus influenzae
Laryngitis›streptococcal
Laryngitis›spasmodic›acute

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.