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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 242
Thyrotoxicosis with or without goiter
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 7 ICD-9-CM codes below 242 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • A hypermetabolic syndrome caused by excess thyroid hormones which may come from endogenous or exogenous sources. The endogenous source of hormone may be thyroid hyperplasia; thyroid neoplasms; or hormone-producing extrathyroidal tissue. Thyrotoxicosis is characterized by nervousness; tachycardia; fatigue; weight loss; heat intolerance; and excessive sweating
  • A hypermetabolic syndrome caused by the elevation of thyroid hormone levels in the serum. Signs and symptoms include tachycardia, palpitations, tremor, weight loss, warm weather intolerance, and moist skin. Causes include graves disease, toxic nodular goiter, toxic thyroid nodule, and lymphocytic thyroiditis
242 Excludes
  • neonatal thyrotoxicosis (775.3)
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