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
Risk adjustment
J04.1 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead J04.1
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share J04. If J04.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about J04.1
- Is J04.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. J04.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does J04.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), in the block Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06).