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Specific code 2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 254.8
Other specified diseases of thymus gland
  • Short description: DISEASES OF THYMUS NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 254.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 254.8 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 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 254.8.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 254.8: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 254.8 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E32.8 Other diseases of thymus
Approximate Synonyms
  • Atrophy of thymus
  • Atrophy of thymus gland
  • Cyst of thymus
  • Cyst of thymus gland
  • Hematoma of thymus
  • Hemorrhage of thymus
  • Thymus atrophy
  • Thymus cyst
254.8 Excludes
Applies To
  • Atrophy of thymus
  • Cyst of thymus
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 254.8:
  • Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic) 493.9
    • Kopp's 254.8
    • thymic 254.8
  • Atrophy, atrophic
    • fatty, thymus (gland) 254.8
    • thymus (fat) 254.8
  • Convulsions (idiopathic) 780.39
    • thymic 254.8
  • Cyst (mucus) (retention) (serous) (simple)
    • thymus (gland) 254.8
  • Degeneration, degenerative
    • thymus (gland) 254.8
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • thymus (gland) 254.9
      • specified NEC 254.8
  • Emphysema (atrophic) (centriacinar) (centrilobular) (chronic) (diffuse) (essential) (hypertrophic) (interlobular) (lung) (obstructive) (panlobular) (paracicatricial) (paracinar) (postural) (pulmonary) (senile) (subpleural) (traction) (unilateral) (unilobular) (vesicular) 492.8
    • thymus (gland) (congenital) 254.8
  • Failure, failed
    • involution, thymus (gland) 254.8
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic
    • thymus (gland) 254.8
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (nontraumatic) 459.0
    • thymus (gland) 254.8
  • Hyperthymism 254.8
  • Infiltrate, infiltration
    • thymus (gland) (fatty) 254.8
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
    • thymus (gland) 254.8
  • Involution, involutional - see also condition
    • thymus failure 254.8
  • Kopp's asthma 254.8
  • Lymphatism 254.8
    • scrofulous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.2
  • Necrosis, necrotic
    • thymus (gland) 254.8
  • Persistence, persistent (congenital) 759.89
    • thymus (gland) 254.8
  • Status (post)
    • lymphaticus 254.8
    • thymicolymphaticus 254.8
    • thymicus 254.8
    • thymolymphaticus 254.8
  • Thymitis 254.8
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