J04.31

Supraglottitis, unspecified, with obstruction

Billable / specific

J04.31 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Note: When a respiratory condition is described as occurring in more than one site and is not specifically indexed, it should be classified to the lower anatomic site (e.g. tracheobronchitis to bronchitis in J40).

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0) (from J04)
acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis (J05.-) (from J04)

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from J04)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from J04)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from J04)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from J04)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from J04)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from J04)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from J04)
smoke inhalation (T59.81-) (from J04)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from J04)
laryngismus (stridulus) (J38.5) (from J04)

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

code, where applicable, to identify: (from J04)
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from J04)
exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from J04)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from J04)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from J04)
tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from J04)
tobacco use (Z72.0) (from J04)
code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent. (from J04)

An additional code may be needed.

influenza, if present, such as: (from J04)
influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2) (from J04)
influenza due to other identified influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J10.1) (from J04)
influenza due to unidentified influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J11.1) (from J04)