J05.0 Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup]

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Obstructive laryngitis (acute) NOS
• Obstructive laryngotracheitis NOS

Applies from J05 Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis

Use additional code

• code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.

Code also

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

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 011-013 in MDC PRE.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 464.01 Acute laryngitis with obstruction (approximate)
• 464.21 Acute laryngotracheitis with obstruction (approximate)
• 464.4 Croup (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to J05.0

Back-references to J05.0

• Type 1 Excludes: J04.0 Acute laryngitis ("acute obstructive laryngitis (J05.0)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J04.2 Acute laryngotracheitis ("acute obstructive laryngotracheitis (J05.0)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J37.0 Chronic laryngitis ("obstructive (acute) laryngitis (J05.0)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J38 Diseases of vocal cords and larynx, not elsewhere classified ("obstructive laryngitis (acute) (J05.0)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J38.4 Edema of larynx ("acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] (J05.0)")

Back-references to J05

• Code Also: D81.82 Activated Phosphoinositide 3-kinase Delta Syndrome [APDS] ("other acute respiratory tract infections (J00-J06; J20-J22)")
• Type 1 Excludes: J04 Acute laryngitis and tracheitis ("acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis (J05.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for J05.0

• Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor) › croupous
• Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor) › membranous
• Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor) › trachealis
• Croup, croupous (catarrhal) (infectious) (inflammatory) (nondiphtheritic)
• Laryngitis (acute) (edematous) (fibrinous) (infective) (infiltrative) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pneumococcal) (pseudomembranous) (septic) (subglottic) (suppurative) (ulcerative) › obstructive
• Laryngitis (acute) (edematous) (fibrinous) (infective) (infiltrative) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pneumococcal) (pseudomembranous) (septic) (subglottic) (suppurative) (ulcerative) › spasmodic
• Laryngitis (acute) (edematous) (fibrinous) (infective) (infiltrative) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pneumococcal) (pseudomembranous) (septic) (subglottic) (suppurative) (ulcerative) › stridulous
• Laryngotracheitis (acute) (Infectional) (infective) (viral) › spasmodic › acute
• Syndrome › croup

Nearby codes

• J05 Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis
• J05.0 Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] (this code)
• J05.1 Acute epiglottitis
• J05.10 Acute epiglottitis without obstruction
• J05.11 Acute epiglottitis with obstruction