ICD-10-CM › J00-J99 › J30-J39 › J38.0 Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx › J38.02
Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx, bilateral
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx, bilateral
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from J38 Diseases of vocal cords and larynx, not elsewhere classified
Excludes1 - never coded here
- congenital laryngeal stridor (P28.89)
- obstructive laryngitis (acute) (J05.0)
- postprocedural subglottic stenosis (J95.5)
- stridor (R06.1)
- ulcerative laryngitis (J04.0)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Laryngoplegia > bilateral
- Gerhardt's > syndrome > bilateral
- Paralysis, paralytic > larynx > bilateral
- Paralysis, paralytic > glottis > bilateral
- Paralysis, paralytic > vocal cords > bilateral
- Paralysis, paralytic > laryngeal nerve > bilateral
- Compression > laryngeal nerve, recurrent > with paralysis of vocal cords and larynx > bilateral
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| J38.00 | Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx, unspecified | Valid |
| J38.01 | Paralysis of vocal cords and larynx, unilateral | Valid |