J04.1

J04.1: Acute tracheitis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

J04.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute tracheitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

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 tracheitis (J42)

Inclusion terms

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

Acute viral tracheitis
Catarrhal tracheitis (acute)
Tracheitis (acute) NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J04.1

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 J04.1

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)

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead J04.1

2 child codes. Green means billable.