J38.0
J38.0: Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J38.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for paralysis of vocal cords and larynx. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Laryngoplegia
- Paralysis of glottis
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J38.0
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
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 J38.0
3 child codes. Green means billable.