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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 478.5
Other diseases of vocal cords
- ICD-9-CM 478.5 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
478.5 Alternative Terminology
- Abscess of vocal cords
- Atrophy of vocal cord
- Bowing of vocal cord
- Bowing of vocal cord on phonation
- Cellulitis of vocal cords
- Chorditis
- Chorditis vocalis inferior
- Contact ulcer of vocal folds
- Disorder of vocal cord
- Dysplasia of vocal cord
- Epidermoid cyst of vocal cord
- Fibrinous chorditis
- Granuloma of vocal cords
- Human papilloma virus infection of vocal cord
- Hyperemia of vocal cord
- Impaired abduction of vocal cord on respiration
- Impaired adduction of vocal cord on phonation
- Interarytenoid leukoplakia
- Lesion of vocal cord
- Leukoplakia of vocal cords
- Mucosal bridge of vocal cord
- Mucous cyst of vocal cord
- No view of vocal cords
- On examination - laryngoscopy=singers nodes
- On examination - vocal cord nodule
- On examination - vocal cords pink +edema
- On examination - vocal cords thickened
- Paradoxical movement of vocal cord on respiration
- Polypoid degeneration of vocal cord
- Postmenopausal atrophy of vocal cord
- Post-radiotherapy telangiectasis of vocal cord
- Pseudocystic change of vocal cord
- Scarred plaque of vocal fold cover
- Singers' chorditis
- Singers' nodes
- Sulcus vocalis of vocal cord
- Telangiectasis of vocal cord
- Vocal cord abducted at rest
- Vocal cord adducted at rest
- Vocal cord cyst
- Vocal cord does not adduct on coughing
- Vocal cord does not adduct on phonation
- Vocal cord dysfunction
- Vocal cord hematoma
- Vocal cord irregular
- Vocal cord obliterated
- Vocal cord palsy
- Vocal cord prolapse
- Vocal cord strain
- Vocal cord ulcer
- Vocal cords erythematous
- Vocal cords swelling
- Vocal cords thickened
- Vocal fold underadduction
- Vocal fremitus decreased
- Vocal fremitus increased
- Vocal nodules in adults
- Vocal nodules in children
Applies To
- Abscess of vocal cords
- Cellulitis of vocal cords
- Granuloma of vocal cords
- Leukoplakia of vocal cords
- Chorditis (fibrinous) (nodosa) (tuberosa)
- Singers' nodes
Convert 478.5 to ICD-10-CM 
ICD-9-CM 478.5 converts approximately to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM J38.3 Other diseases of vocal cords
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 478.5:
- Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
vocal cord 478.5
- Cellulitis (diffuse) (with lymphangitis) (see also Abscess) 682.9
- vocal cords 478.5
- Chorditis (fibrinous) (nodosa) (tuberosa) 478.5
- Cicatrix (adherent) (contracted) (painful) (vicious) 709.2
- vocal cord 478.5
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- vocal cords NEC 478.5
- Dysplasia - see also Anomaly
- vocal cord 478.5
- Fixation
- vocal cord 478.5
- Granuloma NEC 686.1
- vocal cords 478.5
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (nontraumatic) 459.0
- vocal cord 478.5
- Hyperkeratosis (see also Keratosis) 701.1
- vocal cord 478.5
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
- vocal cord 478.5
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
- vocal cord 478.5
- Leukoplakia 702.8
- vocal cords 478.5
- Node(s) - see also Nodules
singers' 478.5
- vocal cords 478.5
- Nodule(s), nodular
- singers' 478.5
- vocal cords 478.5
- Pachyderma, pachydermia 701.8
- laryngis 478.5
- Singers' node or nodule 478.5
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