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2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 463

Acute tonsillitis

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  • Inflammation of the tonsils, especially the palatine tonsils. It is often caused by a bacterium. Tonsillitis may be acute, chronic, or recurrent.
  • 463 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 463 contains 6 index entries

Alternate Terminology

  • Tonsillitis (acute):
    • NOS
    • follicular
    • gangrenous
    • infective
    • pneumococcal
    • septic
    • staphylococcal
    • suppurative
    • ulcerative
    • viral

463 Excludes

  • chronic tonsillitis (474.0)
  • hypertrophy of tonsils (474.1)
  • peritonsillar abscess [quinsy] (475)
  • sore throat:
  • streptococcal tonsillitis (034.0)

 Index entries containing 463:

Adenoiditis 474.01
  • acute 463
    Gangrene, gangrenous (anemia) (artery) (cellulitis) (dermatitis) (dry) (infective) (moist) (pemphigus) (septic) (skin) (stasis) (ulcer) 785.4
    • tonsillitis (acute) 463
      Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
      • adenoid (chronic) 474.01
        • acute 463
          • and tonsil (chronic) 474.02
            • acute or subacute 463
          • tonsil (faucial) (lingual) (pharyngeal) 474.00
            • acute or subacute 463
            Tonsillitis (acute) (catarrhal) (croupous) (follicular) (gangrenous) (infective) (lacunar) (lingual) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pneumococcal) (pseudomembranous) (purulent) (septic) (staphylococcal) (subacute) (suppurative) (toxic) (ulcerative) (vesicular) (viral) 463