J05

J05: Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

J05 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.

Code also

Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.

, 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)

Other codes that can never be billed with J05

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

J04Acute laryngitis and tracheitis
J04.0Acute laryngitis
J04.2Acute laryngotracheitis
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.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead J05

2 child codes. Green means billable.