Tracheitis: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Respiratory System (J00-J99)

• Epiglottitis (inflammation of the epiglottis).
• Laryngitis, acute (laryngitis).
• Pseudocroup (subglottic laryngitis) – viral laryngitis.
• Tracheitis
  • Allergic
  • Chemical-irritative
  • Infectious
  • Mechanical-irritative

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

• Inflammation of the upper respiratory tract:
  • Viral: adenoviruses, RS virus, parainfluenza viruses.
  • Bacterial: Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).

• Chest pain, unspecified

Injuries, poisonings, and other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)

• Aspiration (inhalation) of a foreign body.