J05.1 — Acute epiglottitis
J05.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute epiglottitis. 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.
- epiglottitis, chronic (J37.0)
Other codes that can never be billed with J05.1
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at J05.1. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading J05.1 alone.
- J04Acute laryngitis and tracheitis
Risk adjustment
J05.1 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 history
J05.1 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead J05.1
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share J05. If J05.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about J05.1
- Is J05.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. J05.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does J05.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), in the block Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06).