Specific code 2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 242.90
Thyrotoxicosis without goiter or other cause and without thyrotoxic crisis or storm
  • Short description: THYROTOX NOS NO CRISIS.
  • ICD-9-CM 242.90 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 242.90 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: 242.90 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E05.90 Thyrotoxicosis, unspecified without thyrotoxic crisis or storm
Approximate Synonyms
  • Amiodarone induced hyperthyroidism
  • Apathetic thyrotoxicosis
  • Autonomous thyroid function
  • Borderline thyrotoxicosis
  • Chronic thyroiditis with transient thyrotoxicosis
  • Circumscribed nodular and tuberous pretibial myxedema
  • Diffuse pretibial myxedema
  • Dysprealbuminemic euthyroidal hyperthyroxinemia
  • Hypercalcemia due to hyperthyroidism
  • Hypermelanosis due to hyperthyroidism
  • Hypermelanosis of the eyelids due to hyperthyroidism
  • Hyperthyroid (high level of thyroid hormone) in childbirth
  • Hyperthyroid in childbirth
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Hyperthyroidism (high thyroid)
  • Hyperthyroidism due to amiodarone
  • Hyperthyroidism due to thyroiditis
  • Hyperthyroidism in childbirth
  • Hyperthyroidism postpartum
  • Hyperthyroidism secondary to radio contrast dyes
  • Hyperthyroidism, subclinical
  • Hypertrichosis in hyperthyroidism
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy secondary to hyperthyroidism
  • Myasthenic syndrome due to thyrotoxicosis
  • Postpartum (after childbirth) hyperthyroidism
  • Postpartum hyperthyroidism
  • Pretibial myxedema
  • Pretibial myxedema without thyrotoxic crisis or storm
  • Subclinical hyperthyroidism
  • Subclinical hyperthyroidism (high thyroid no symptoms)
  • T>3< thyrotoxicosis
  • Thyroid acropachy
  • Thyrotoxic chorea
  • Thyrotoxic facies
  • Thyrotoxic heart disease
  • Thyrotoxic myopathy
  • Thyrotoxicosis
  • Thyrotoxicosis with or without goiter
  • Thyrotoxicosis without goiter OR other cause
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