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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 472.1
Chronic pharyngitis
- ICD-9-CM 472.1 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Applies To
- Chronic sore throat
- Pharyngitis:
- atrophic
- granular (chronic)
- hypertrophic
Convert 472.1 to ICD-10-CM 
ICD-9-CM 472.1 converts directly to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM J31.2 Chronic pharyngitis
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 472.1:
- Atrophy, atrophic
pharyngitis 472.1
- Catarrh, catarrhal (inflammation) (see also condition) 460
- throat 472.1
- Granular - see also condition
- inflammation, pharynx 472.1
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
- pharyngitis 472.1
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
follicular, pharynx 472.1
- granular, pharynx 472.1
- pharynx (see also Pharyngitis) 462
follicular 472.1- granular 472.1
- Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal) (gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pneumococcal) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (staphylococcal) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) 462
- atrophic 472.1
- chronic 472.1
- follicular 472.1
- granular (chronic) 472.1
- hypertrophic 472.1
- infectional, chronic 472.1
- Smokers'
- throat 472.1
- Sore
- throat 462
- with influenza, flu, or grippe (see also Influenza) 487.1
- acute 462
- chronic 472.1
- clergyman's 784.49
- Coxsackie (virus) 074.0
- diphtheritic 032.0
- epidemic 034.0
- gangrenous 462
- herpetic 054.79
- influenzal (see also Influenza) 487.1
- malignant 462
- purulent 462
- putrid 462
- septic 034.0
- streptococcal (ulcerative) 034.0
- ulcerated 462
- viral NEC 462
- Coxsackie 074.0
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