240.0 SIMPLE GOITER


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 240.0

Short Description: Simple goiter

Long Description: Goiter, specified as simple

Code Classification:

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
    • Disorders of thyroid gland (240-246)
      • 240 Simple and unspecified goiter
        • 240.0 Simple goiter

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 240.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Goiter (adolescent) (colloid) (diffuse) (dipping) (due to iodine deficiency) (endemic) (euthyroid) (heart) (hyperplastic) (internal) (intrathoracic) (juvenile) (mixed type) (nonendemic) (parenchymatous) (plunging) (sporadic) (subclavicular) (substernal) 240.9
    • simple 240.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 240.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
240.0 Right Arrow E04.0 Nontoxic diffuse goiter
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
240.9 Goiter, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014