J38.5
J38.5: Laryngeal spasm
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
J38.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for laryngeal spasm. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check J38.5 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Laryngismus (stridulus)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above J38.5
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with J38.5
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R06.1Stridor
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
J38.5 is named in 23 Medicare coverage policies: 23 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52866Billing and Coding: Speech-Language Pathology
- A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
- A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Laryngismus(stridulus)
- Laryngospasm
- Millar's asthma
- Pseudocroup
- Wichman's asthma
- Asthma, asthmatic›Millar's(laryngismus stridulus)
- Asthma, asthmatic›Wichmann's(laryngismus stridulus)
- Croup, croupous›false
- Croup, croupous›spasmodic
- Croup, croupous›stridulous
- False›croup
- Laryngotracheitis›spasmodic
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.