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ICD-10 diagnosis code

J38.0 Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx

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J38.0 is the ICD-10 code for Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx. It is a four-character subcategory of J38 (Diseases of vocal cords and larynx, not elsewhere classified), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block J30–J39 (Other diseases of upper respiratory tract) in Chapter X, Diseases of the respiratory system.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
X · J00–J99
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What J38.0 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Laryngoplegia
  • Paralysis of glottis

J38.0 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

J38.0Förlamning av stämbanden och struphuvudet

  • J38.0AImmobiliserat stämband
  • J38.0BEnsidig stämbandsförlamning
  • J38.0CBilateral stämbandsförlamning
  • J38.0DPares av nervus laryngeus superior
  • J38.0WAnnan specificerad stämbandsförlamning
  • J38.0XStämbandsförlamning, ospecificerad
NorwayICD-10-NO

J38.0Parese av stemmebånd eller strupehode

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DJ380Paralyse af stemmebånd eller struben

  • DJ380AIkke-traumatisk nervus recurrens parese
  • DJ380BParalyse af stemmebånd
  • DJ380CParalyse af stemmebånd efter kirurgisk indgreb
FinlandICD-10-FI

J38.0Äänihuul[i]en tai kurkunpään halvaus

GermanyICD-10-GM

J38.0Lähmung der Stimmlippen und des Kehlkopfes

  • J38.00Nicht näher bezeichnet
  • J38.01Einseitig, partiell
  • J38.02Einseitig, komplett
  • J38.03Beidseitig, partiell
FranceICD-10-FR

J38.0Paralysie des cordes vocales et du larynx

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

J38.0verlamming van stembanden en larynx

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • J38.00Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx, unspecified
  • J38.01Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx, unilateral
  • J38.02Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx, bilateral

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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