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Specific code 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 245.9
Thyroiditis unspecified
  • Short description: THYROIDITIS NOS.
  • ICD-9-CM 245.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 245.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2006 version of ICD-9-CM 245.9.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 245.9: 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 245.9 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E06.9 Thyroiditis, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Amiodarone induced thyroiditis
  • Drug induced thyroiditis
  • Drug-induced thyroiditis
  • Euthyroid thyroiditis
  • Goiter due to thyroiditis
  • Hyperthyroidism due to thyroiditis
  • Hypothyroidism due to thyroiditis
  • Infectious thyroiditis
  • Painless thyroiditis
  • Postpartum thyroiditis
  • Postpartum thyroiditis (thyroid inflammation after childbirth)
  • Silent thyroiditis
  • Thyroiditis
  • Thyroiditis (inflammation of thyroid)
  • Thyroiditis (inflammation of thyroid) in childbirth
  • Thyroiditis (inflammation of thyroid) in pregnancy
  • Thyroiditis due to amiodarone
  • Thyroiditis in childbirth
  • Thyroiditis in pregnancy
  • Thyroiditis unspecified, with goiter
  • Thyroiditis w goiter
  • Thyroiditis, euthyroid
  • Thyroiditis, infectious
  • Thyroiditis, painless
Applies To
  • Thyroiditis NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 245.9:
  • Capsulitis (joint) 726.90
    • thyroid 245.9
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
    • thyroid (gland) (see also Thyroiditis) 245.9
  • Thyroiditis 245.9
    • acute (pyogenic) (suppurative) 245.0
    • complicating pregnancy, childbirth, or puerperium 648.1
    • de Quervain's (subacute granulomatous) 245.1
    • giant (cell) (follicular) 245.1
    • granulomatous (de Quervain's) (subacute) 245.1
    • Hashimoto's (struma lymphomatosa) 245.2
    • lymphocytic (chronic) 245.2
    • Riedel's (ligneous) 245.3
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.5
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