ICD9Data.com
  Free 2006 ICD-9-CM Database

2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Respiratory System 460-519 > Other Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract 470-478 > Chronic Sinusitis 473.* >

2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 473.9

Unspecified sinusitis (chronic)

View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 473.9

  • An inflammatory process of the mucous membranes of the paranasal sinuses that occurs in three stages: acute, subacute, and chronic. Sinusitis results from any condition causing ostial obstruction or from pathophysiologic changes in the mucociliary transport mechanism.
  • 473.9 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 473.9 contains 37 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 473.* hierarchy

Alternate Terminology

  • Sinusitis (chronic) NOS


 Index entries containing 473.9:

Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
  • accessory sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
    • bone (subperiosteal) (see also Osteomyelitis) 730.0
      • accessory sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
      • nasal (fossa) (septum)
        • sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
        • parasinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
          • perisinuous (nose) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
            • sinus (accessory) (chronic) (nasal) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
              • intracranial venous (any) 324.0
                • late effect - see category 326
              Change(s) (of) - see also Removal of
              • hypertrophic
                • nasal sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                Degeneration, degenerative
                • nasal sinus (mucosa) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                • sinus (cystic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                Empyema (chest) (diaphragmatic) (double) (encapsulated) (general) (interlobar) (lung) (medial) (necessitatis) (perforating chest wall) (pleura) (pneumococcal) (residual) (sacculated) (streptococcal) (supradiaphragmatic) 510.9
                • accessory sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                  • nasal sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                    • sinus (accessory) (nasal) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                      Fistula (sinus) 686.9
                      • accessory sinuses (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                        • nasal
                          • sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                          Granuloma NEC 686.1
                          • nasal sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                            • sinus (accessory) (infectional) (nasal) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                              Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
                              • nasal
                                • sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
                                • accessory sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                  • nasal sinus (chronic (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                    • sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                    Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
                                    • accessory sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                      • nasal sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                        • sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                          Lesion(s)
                                          • sinus (accessory) (nasal) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                            Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
                                            • sinus (accessory) (nasal) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                              Perforation, perforative (nontraumatic)
                                              • nasal
                                                • sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                              • sinus (accessory) (chronic) (nasal) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                                Pyocele
                                                • sinus (accessory) (nasal) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                                  • turbinate (bone) 473.9
                                                    Rhinolith
                                                    • nasal sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                                      Sequestrum
                                                      • sinus (accessory) (nasal) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                                      Sinusitis (accessory) (nasal) (hyperplastic) (nonpurulent) (purulent) (chronic) 473.9Suppuration, suppurative - see also condition
                                                      • accessory sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                                        • nasal sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                                          • sinus (nasal) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                                            Trouble - see also Disease
                                                            • sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
                                                              Vacuum
                                                              • in sinus (accessory) (nasal) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9