2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

J38 Diseases of vocal cords and larynx, not elsewhere classified

  • Non-billable
  • 2016–2025

J38 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Diseases of vocal cords and larynx, not elsewhere classified.

Type 1 excludes

  • Congenital laryngeal stridor (P28.89)

  • Obstructive laryngitis (acute) (J05.0)

  • Postprocedural subglottic stenosis (J95.5)

  • Stridor (R06.1)

  • Ulcerative laryngitis (J04.0)

Codes

Versions

  1. 2025

    No changes

  2. 2024

    Code changed

    • Use additional code

        • 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)

  3. 2023

    No changes

  4. 2022

    No changes

  5. 2021

    No changes

  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    No changes

  8. 2018

    No changes

  9. 2017

    Code changed

    • Use additional code

        • code to identify:
        • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
        • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
        • history of tobacco use (Z87.891)
        • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
        • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
        • tobacco use (Z72.0)
        • 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)

  10. 2016

    New code