2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

J05 Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis

  • Non-billable
  • 2016–2025

J05 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Acute obstructive laryngitis [croup] and epiglottitis.

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)

Use additional code

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

Codes

Versions

  1. 2025

    No changes

  2. 2024

    No changes

  3. 2023

    No changes

  4. 2022

    Code changed

    • Code also

        • , 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)
        • , 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)
  5. 2021

    Code changed

    • Code also

        • , 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)
  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    No changes

  8. 2018

    No changes

  9. 2017

    No changes

  10. 2016

    New code