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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 240.9
Goiter, unspecified
- enlargement of the thyroid gland.
- An enlarged thyroid. It may be caused by too little iodine in the diet or by other conditions. Most goiters are not cancer.
- ICD-9-CM 240.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
240.9 Excludes 
- congenital (dyshormonogenic) goiter (246.1
)
Applies To
- Enlargement of thyroid
- Goiter or struma:
- NOS
- diffuse colloid
- endemic
- hyperplastic
- nontoxic (diffuse)
- parenchymatous
- sporadic
Convert 240.9 to ICD-10-CM
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 240.9:
- Bronchocele
meaning
dilatation of bronchus 519.19- goiter 240.9
- Cyst (mucus) (retention) (serous) (simple)
- thyroid (gland) 246.2
- adenomatous - see Goiter, nodular
- colloid (see also Goiter) 240.9
- Enlargement, enlarged - see also Hypertrophy
- thyroid (gland) (see also Goiter) 240.9
- 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
- with
- adenomatous (see also Goiter, nodular) 241.9
- cancerous (M8000/3) 193
- complicating pregnancy, childbirth, or puerperium 648.1
- congenital 246.1
- cystic (see also Goiter, nodular) 241.9
- due to enzyme defect in synthesis of thyroid hormone (butane-insoluble iodine) (coupling) (deiodinase) (iodide trapping or organification) (iodotyrosine dehalogenase) (peroxidase) 246.1
- dyshormonogenic 246.1
- exophthalmic (see also Goiter, toxic) 242.0
- familial (with deaf-mutism) 243
- fibrous 245.3
- lingual 759.2
- lymphadenoid 245.2
- malignant (M8000/3) 193
- nodular (nontoxic) 241.9
- pulsating (see also Goiter, toxic) 242.0
- simple 240.0
- toxic 242.0
- Hyperplasia, hyperplastic
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
- Mass
- substernal 786.6
- thyroid (see also Goiter) 240.9
- Struma (see also Goiter) 240.9
- fibrosa 245.3
- Hashimoto (struma lymphomatosa) 245.2
- lymphomatosa 245.2
- nodosa (simplex) 241.9
- Riedel's (ligneous thyroiditis) 245.3
- scrofulous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.2
- Substernal thyroid (see also Goiter) 240.9
- congenital 759.2
- Thyrocele (see also Goiter) 240.9
- Thyromegaly 240.9
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