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Specific code 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 780.4
Dizziness and giddiness
  • ICD-9-CM 780.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 780.4 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).
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Convert to ICD-10-CM: 780.4 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R42 Dizziness and giddiness
Approximate Synonyms
  • Chronic vertigo
  • Disembarkment syndrome
  • Disequilibrium
  • Dizziness
  • Dysequilibrium
  • Dysequilibrium syndrome
  • Light headedness
  • Lightheadedness
  • Mal dedebarquement syndrome
  • Non-labyrinth vertigo
  • Non-labyrinthine vertigo
  • Vertigo
  • Vertigo (spinning sensation)
  • Vertigo (spinning sensation), chronic
  • Vertigo due to infrasound
  • Vertigo from infrasound
  • Vertigo, chronic
  • Vertigo, non-labyrinthine
780.4 Excludes
  • Méniére's disease and other specified vertiginous syndromes (386.0-386.9)
Applies To
  • Light-headedness
  • Vertigo NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 780.4:
  • Disturbance - see also Disease
    • equilibrium 780.4
  • Dizziness 780.4
  • Dysequilibrium 780.4
  • Giddiness 780.4
  • Light-headedness 780.4
  • Swimming in the head 780.4
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • Mal de Debarquement 780.4
  • Vertigo 780.4
    • benign paroxysmal positional 386.11
    • Dix and Hallpike (epidemic) 386.12
    • epileptic - see Epilepsy
    • malignant positional 386.2
    • Ménière's (see also Disease, Ménière's) 386.00
    • paroxysmal positional, benign 386.11
 780.39 ICD9Data.com 780.5 
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