2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J05.0

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Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup]

  • J05.0 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 J05.0 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of J05.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 J05.0 may differ.

Applicable To

  • Obstructive laryngitis (acute) NOS
  • Obstructive laryngotracheitis NOS

The following code(s) above J05.0 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to J05.0:

  • J00-J99  Diseases of the respiratory system
  • J00-J06  Acute upper respiratory infections
  • J05  Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis

Approximate Synonyms

  • Acute laryngitis with obstruction
  • Allergic croup, recurrent
  • Croup
  • Recurrent allergic croup
  • Recurrent croup

Clinical Information

  • Inflammation involving the glottis or vocal cords and the subglottic larynx. Croup is characterized by a barking cough, hoarseness, and persistent inspiratory stridor (a high-pitched breathing sound). It occurs chiefly in infants and children.

ICD-10-CM J05.0 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 J05.0 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 J05.0:

  • Type 1 Excludes: J04.0, J04.2, J38, J38.4
  • Type 2 Excludes: J37.0

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to J05.0:

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