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2007 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases, And Immunity Disorders 240-279 > Disorders Of Thyroid Gland 240-246 >

2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 243

Congenital hypothyroidism

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  • A condition due to congenital lack of thyroid hormone, marked by arrested physical and mental development, dystrophy of the bones and soft parts, and lowered basal metabolism. It is the congenital form of thyroid deficiency, while MYXEDEMA is the acquired form. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
  • 243 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 243 contains 21 index entries

243 also known as:

  • Congenital thyroid insufficiency
  • Cretinism (athyrotic) (endemic)

Use additional code to identify associated mental retardation

243 excludes:

  • congenital (dyshormonogenic) goiter (246.1)

Index entries containing 243:

Absence (organ or part) (complete or partial)
  • thyroid (gland) (surgical) 246.8
    • congenital 243
Agenesis - see also Absence, by site, congenital
  • thyroid (gland) 243
Aplasia - see also Agenesis
  • thyroid 243
Athyrea (acquired) (see also Hypothyroidism) 244.9
  • congenital 243
Athyreosis (congenital) 243
  • acquired - see Hypothyroidism
Athyroidism (acquired) (see also Hypothyroidism) 244.9
  • congenital 243
Atrophy, atrophic
  • thyroid (gland) 246.8
    • with
      • cretinism 243
    • congenital 243
Cretin, cretinism (athyrotic) (congenital) (endemic) (metabolic) (nongoitrous) (sporadic) 243
  • goitrous (sporadic) 246.1
  • pelvis (dwarf type) (male type) 243
    • with disproportion (fetopelvic) 653.1
      • affecting fetus or newborn 763.1
      • causing obstructed labor 660.1
        • affecting fetus or newborn 763.1
  • pituitary 253.3
Cretinoid degeneration 243
Deaf mutism (acquired) (congenital) NEC 389.7
  • endemic 243
Degeneration, degenerative
  • cretinoid 243
Goiter (adolescent) (colloid) (diffuse) (dipping) (due to iodine deficiency) (endemic) (euthyroid) (heart) (hyperplastic) (internal) (intrathoracic) (juvenile) (mixed type) (nonendemic) (parenchymatous) (plunging) (sporadic) (subclavicular) (substernal) 240.9
  • familial (with deaf-mutism) 243
Hypoplasia, hypoplasis 759.89
  • thyroid (gland) 243
Hypothyroidism (acquired) 244.9
  • congenital 243
Insufficiency, insufficient
  • thyroid (gland) (acquired) - see also Hypothyroidism
    • congenital 243
Myxedema (adult) (idiocy) (infantile) (juvenile) (thyroid gland) (see also Hypothyroidism) 244.9
  • congenital 243
Pendred's syndrome (familial goiter with deaf-mutism) 243
Subthyroidism (acquired) (see also Hypothyroidism) 244.9
  • congenital 243
Syndrome - see also Disease
  • Pendred's (familial goiter with deaf-mutism) 243