J05.1 Acute epiglottitis
Non-billable header with 2 child codes.
Excludes2 (not included here)
- epiglottitis, chronic (J37.0)
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)
Codes under J05.1
J05.10 Acute epiglottitis without obstructionJ05.11 Acute epiglottitis with obstruction
Code annotations containing back-references to J05.1
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.-)")
Nearby codes
J05 Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitisJ05.0 Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup]J05.1 Acute epiglottitis (this code)J05.10 Acute epiglottitis without obstructionJ05.11 Acute epiglottitis with obstruction