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ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code J38.5

Effective Date: 10/01/2015 To 09/30/2025

Laryngeal spasm

CMS-HCC-V24 CMS-HCC-V28 RxHCC Age Gender Maternity Acute or Chronic MCC
-- -- -- -- -- -- Acute No
Applicable To for J38.5:
  • Laryngismus (stridulus)

Back-references to J38.5
  • Asthma, asthmatic(bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic) J45.909
    • Millar's(laryngismus stridulus) J38.5
      • Wichmann's(laryngismus stridulus) J38.5
      • Croup, croupous(catarrhal) (infectious) (inflammatory) (nondiphtheritic) J05.0
        • false J38.5
          • spasmodic J38.5
            • stridulous J38.5
            • False see also condition
              • croup J38.5
              • Laryngismus(stridulus) J38.5
              • Laryngospasm J38.5
              • Laryngotracheitis(acute) (Infectional) (infective) (viral) J04.2
                • spasmodic J38.5
                  • stridulous J38.5
                  • Millar's asthma J38.5
                  • Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
                    • airway J98.8
                      • due to
                        • laryngospasm J38.5
                    • Pseudocroup J38.5
                    • Spasm(s), spastic, spasticity see also condition R25.2
                      • glottis J38.5
                        • reflex through recurrent laryngeal nerve J38.5
                        • larynx, laryngeal J38.5
                        • Wichman's asthma J38.5
                        • Chapter, Section and Diagnosis Prefix for J38.5
                            J00-J99 :

                            Diseases of the respiratory system

                            J30-J39 :

                            Other diseases of upper respiratory tract

                            J38 :

                            Diseases of vocal cords and larynx, not elsewhere classified