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Specific code 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 478.1
Other diseases of nasal cavity and sinuses
  • Short description: NASAL & SINUS DIS NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 478.1 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 478.1 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2006 version of ICD-9-CM 478.1.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 478.1: 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
  • No ICD-10-CM code(s) convert to ICD-9-CM 478.1
478.1 Excludes
  • varicose ulcer of nasal septum (456.8)
Applies To
  • Abscess of nose (septum)
  • Necrosis of nose (septum)
  • Ulcer of nose (septum)
  • Cyst or mucocele of sinus (nasal)
  • Rhinolith
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 478.1:
  • Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
    • nasal (fossa) (septum) 478.1
      • sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
    • nose (septum) 478.1
    • postnasal 478.1
    • septum (nasal) 478.1
  • Adhesion(s), adhesive (postinfectional) (postoperative)
    • nasal (septum) (to turbinates) 478.1
  • Calculus, calculi, calculous 592.9
    • nose 478.1
  • Cellulitis (diffuse) (with lymphangitis) (see also Abscess) 682.9
  • Congestion, congestive (chronic) (passive)
    • nasal 478.1
  • Cyst (mucus) (retention) (serous) (simple)
    • antrum 478.1
    • ethmoid sinus 478.1
    • frontal sinus 478.1
    • nasal sinus 478.1
    • sinus (antral) (ethmoidal) (frontal) (maxillary) (nasal) (sphenoidal) 478.1
    • sphenoid sinus 478.1
  • Degeneration, degenerative
    • nose 478.1
  • Destruction
    • septum (nasal) 478.1
  • Discharge
    • nasal 478.1
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • nasal 478.1
      • cavity NEC 478.1
      • sinus (chronic) - see Sinusitis
    • nose 478.1
    • sinus - see also Sinusitis
      • brain 437.9
      • specified NEC 478.1
  • Dry, dryness - see also condition
    • nose 478.1
  • Fistula (sinus) 686.9
    • nasal 478.1
      • sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
    • nose 478.1
  • Hydrorrhea (nasal) 478.1
  • Hyperactive, hyperactivity
    • nasal mucous membrane 478.1
  • Hyperplasia, hyperplastic
    • nose (lymphoid) (polypoid) 478.1
  • Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
    • mucous membrane
      • alveolar process 523.8
      • nose 478.1
      • turbinate (nasal) 478.0
    • nasal 478.1
      • alae 478.1
      • bone 738.0
      • cartilage 478.1
      • mucous membrane (septum) 478.1
      • sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
      • turbinate 478.0
    • nose (see also Hypertrophy, nasal) 478.1
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • nose 478.1
    • nostril 478.1
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
    • nose 478.1
  • Irritation
    • nose 478.1
  • Lesion
    • nose (internal) 478.1
  • Mucocele
    • sinus (accessory) (nasal) 478.1
    • turbinate (bone) (middle) (nasal) 478.1
  • Necrosis, necrotic
    • antrum, nasal sinus 478.1
    • ethmoid (bone) 478.1
    • nose (septum) 478.1
  • Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
    • nose 478.1
  • Occlusion
    • nose 478.1
  • Pain(s)
    • nasal 478.1
    • nose 478.1
    • sinus 478.1
  • Perforation, perforative (nontraumatic)
  • Perichondritis
    • nose 478.1
  • Redness
    • nose 478.1
  • Rhinolith 478.1
    • nasal sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
  • Rhinomegaly 478.1
  • Rhinorrhea 478.1
    • paroxysmal (see also Fever, hay) 477.9
    • spasmodic (see also Fever, hay) 477.9
  • Sinusitis (accessory) (nasal) (hyperplastic) (nonpurulent) (purulent) (chronic) 473.9
    • influenzal 478.1
  • Sneezing 784.9
    • intractable 478.1
  • Spur - see also Exostosis
    • nose (septum) 478.1
    • septal 478.1
  • Stenosis (cicatricial) - see also Stricture
    • nares (anterior) (posterior) 478.1
  • Stricture (see also Stenosis) 799.89
    • nares (anterior) (posterior) 478.1
    • nose 478.1
    • nostril (anterior) (posterior) 478.1
  • Stuffy nose 478.1
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9
    • ala, nose 478.1
    • nose, nasal (infectional) (passage) 478.1
      • septum 478.1
      • skin - see Ulcer, skin
      • spirochetal NEC 104.8
  • Vestibulitis (ear) (see also Labyrinthitis) 386.30
    • nose (external) 478.1
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