Acute laryngitis
- J04.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM J04.0 became effective on October 1, 2024.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J04.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 J04.0 may differ.
Applicable To
- Edematous laryngitis (acute)
- Laryngitis (acute) NOS
- Subglottic laryngitis (acute)
- Suppurative laryngitis (acute)
- Ulcerative laryngitis (acute)
Type 1 Excludes
- acute obstructive laryngitis (J05.0)
Type 2 Excludes
- chronic laryngitis (J37.0)
The following code(s) above J04.0 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to J04.0:
- J00-J99 Diseases of the respiratory system
- J00-J06 Acute upper respiratory infections
- J04 Acute laryngitis and tracheitis
Approximate Synonyms
- Laryngitis
- Laryngitis due to gastroesophageal reflux
- Reflux laryngitis
- Viral laryngitis
ICD-10-CM J04.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):
- 011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with mcc
- 012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with cc
- 013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy without cc/mcc
- 152 Otitis media and uri with mcc
- 153 Otitis media and uri without mcc
Convert J04.0 to ICD-9-CMCode History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
- 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to J04.0:
- Type 1 Excludes: J38, J38.4
- Type 2 Excludes: J37.0
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to J04.0:
- Gangrene, gangrenous (connective tissue) (dropsical) (dry) (moist) (skin) (ulcer) I96 – see also Necrosis
- laryngitis J04.0
- Glottitis J04.0 – see also Laryngitis
- Laryngitis (acute) (edematous) (fibrinous) (infective) (infiltrative) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pneumococcal) (pseudomembranous) (septic) (subglottic) (suppurative) (ulcerative) J04.0
- Hemophilus influenzae J04.0
- spasmodicJ05.0
- acute J04.0
- H. influenzae J04.0
- streptococcal J04.0