2018

  1. ICD-10-CM Codes
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  2. J00-J99 Diseases of the respiratory system
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  3. J00-J06 Acute upper respiratory infections
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  4. J04- Acute laryngitis and tracheitis
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2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J04.1

Acute tracheitis

Applicable To
  • Acute viral tracheitis
  • Catarrhal tracheitis (acute)
  • Tracheitis (acute) NOS
Type 2 Excludes
Type 2 Excludes Help
A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (J04.1) and the excluded code together.
  • chronic tracheitis (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J42

    Unspecified chronic bronchitis

      2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code
    Applicable To
    • Chronic bronchitis NOS
    • Chronic tracheitis
    • Chronic tracheobronchitis
    Type 1 Excludes
    • chronic asthmatic bronchitis (J44.-)
    • chronic bronchitis with airways obstruction (J44.-)
    • chronic emphysematous bronchitis (J44.-)
    • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease NOS (J44.9)
    • simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis (J41.-)
    Use Additional
    • code to identify:
    • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
    • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
    • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
    • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
    • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
    • tobacco use (Z72.0)
    J42
    )
The following code(s) above J04.1 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to J04.1:
  • J00-J99
    2018 ICD-10-CM Range J00-J99

    Diseases of the respiratory system

    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).
    Type 2 Excludes
    • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
    • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
    • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
    • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • neoplasms (C00-D49)
    • smoke inhalation (T59.81-)
    • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
    Use Additional
    • code, where applicable, to identify:
    • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
    • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
    • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
    • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
    • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
    • tobacco use (Z72.0)
    Diseases of the respiratory system
  • J00-J06
    2018 ICD-10-CM Range J00-J06

    Acute upper respiratory infections

    Type 1 Excludes
    • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower respiratory infection (J44.0)
    • influenza virus with other respiratory manifestations (J09.X2, J10.1, J11.1)
    Acute upper respiratory infections
  • J04
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J04

    Acute laryngitis and tracheitis

      2016 2017 2018 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis (J05.-)
    Type 2 Excludes
    • laryngismus (stridulus) (J38.5)
    Use Additional
    • code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
    Acute laryngitis and tracheitis
Code History
Code annotations containing back-references to J04.1:
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To J04.1
J03.00 Acute streptococcal tonsillitis, unspecified
J03.01 Acute recurrent streptococcal tonsillitis
J03.8 Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
J03.80 Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
J03.81 Acute recurrent tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
J03.9 Acute tonsillitis, unspecified
J03.90 Acute tonsillitis, unspecified
J03.91 Acute recurrent tonsillitis, unspecified
J04 Acute laryngitis and tracheitis
J04.0 Acute laryngitis
J04.1 Acute tracheitis
J04.10 …… without obstruction
J04.11 …… with obstruction
J04.2 Acute laryngotracheitis
J04.3 Supraglottitis, unspecified
J04.30 …… without obstruction
J04.31 …… with obstruction
J05 Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis
J05.0 Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup]
J05.1 Acute epiglottitis
J05.10 …… without obstruction

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