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2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 462
Acute pharyngitis
- inflammation of the throat.
- Any kind of inflammatory process of the tonsils, pharynx, or/and larynx characterized by pain in swallowing.
- ICD-9-CM 462 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
- You are viewing the 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 462.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 462: 2010 2011 2012 2013.
462 Excludes 
Applies To
- Acute sore throat NOS
- Pharyngitis (acute):
- NOS
- gangrenous
- infective
- phlegmonous
- pneumococcal
- staphylococcal
- suppurative
- ulcerative
- Sore throat (viral) NOS
- Viral pharyngitis
Convert 462 to ICD-10-CM
ICD-9-CM 462 converts approximately to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM J02.9 Acute pharyngitis, unspecified
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 462:
- Adenopharyngitis 462
- Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (effort) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor) 413.9
catarrhal 462
- erythematous 462
- gangrenous 462
diphtheritic 032.0
- infectious 462
- malignant 462
- diphtheritic 032.0
- simple 462
- staphylococcal 462
- Catarrh, catarrhal (inflammation) (see also condition) 460
- fauces (see also Pharyngitis) 462
- Gangrene, gangrenous (anemia) (artery) (cellulitis) (dermatitis) (dry) (infective) (moist) (pemphigus) (septic) (skin) (stasis) (ulcer) 785.4
- angina 462
- diphtheritic 032.0
- pharynx 462
- septic 034.0
- sore throat 462
- throat 462
diphtheritic 032.0
- Hypopharyngitis 462
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
- throat (see also Sore throat) 462
- Necrosis, necrotic
- pharynx 462
- in granulocytopenia 288.09
- Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal) (gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pneumococcal) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (staphylococcal) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) 462
- with influenza, flu, or grippe 487.1
- aphthous 074.0
- atrophic 472.1
- chlamydial 099.51
- chronic 472.1
- Coxsackie virus 074.0
- diphtheritic (membranous) 032.0
- follicular 472.1
- fusospirochetal 101
- gonococcal 098.6
- granular (chronic) 472.1
- herpetic 054.79
- hypertrophic 472.1
- infectional, chronic 472.1
- influenzal 487.1
- lymphonodular, acute 074.8
- septic 034.0
- streptococcal 034.0
- tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 012.8
- vesicular 074.0
- Sore
- throat 462
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9
- sore throat 462
- streptococcal 034.0
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