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2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 478.9
Other and unspecified diseases of upper respiratory tract
- Short description: Upper resp dis NEC/NOS.
- ICD-9-CM 478.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
- You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 478.9.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 478.9: 2013.
478.9 Alternative Terminology
- Abscess of trachea
- Adenoviral respiratory disease
- Cicatrix of trachea
- Disorder of ethmoidal sinus
- Disorder of frontal sinus
- Disorder of maxillary sinus
- Disorder of nasal cavity
- Disorder of nose and/or nasopharynx
- Disorder of sphenoidal sinus
- Disorder of upper respiratory system
- Nasal problem
- Supraglottic lesion
Applies To
- Abscess of trachea
- Cicatrix of trachea
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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 478.9:
- Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9

trachea 478.9
upper respiratory 478.9
- Anosmia (see also Disturbance, sensation) 781.1

postinfectional 478.9
- Atrophy, atrophic
upper respiratory tract 478.9
- Change(s) (of) - see also Removal of
- Cicatrix (adherent) (contracted) (painful) (vicious) 709.2

trachea 478.9
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- Hypersecretion
upper respiratory 478.9
- Laryngopharyngitis (acute) 465.0

chronic 478.9
due to external agent - see Condition, respiratory, chronic, due to
- Perichondritis
trachea 478.9
- Pharyngolaryngitis (acute) 465.0

chronic 478.9
- Pharyngotracheitis (acute) 465.8

chronic 478.9
- Scar, scarring (see also Cicatrix) 709.2

trachea 478.9
- Tracheopharyngitis (acute) 465.8

chronic 478.9
due to external agent - see Condition, respiratory, chronic, due to
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