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J04.3

J04.3: Supraglottitis, unspecified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

J04.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for supraglottitis, unspecified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J04.3

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 J04.3

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 J04.3

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under J04

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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