245.0 ACUTE THYROIDITIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 245.0

Short Description: Acute thyroiditis

Long Description: Acute thyroiditis

Code Classification:

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
    • Disorders of thyroid gland (240-246)
      • 245 Thyroiditis
        • 245.0 Acute thyroiditis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 245.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
    • thyroid (gland) 245.0
  • Suppuration, suppurative - see also condition
    • thyroid (gland) 245.0
  • Thyroiditis 245.9
    • acute (pyogenic) (suppurative) 245.0
      • nonsuppurative 245.0
    • pyogenic 245.0
    • suppurative 245.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 245.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
245.0 Right Arrow E06.0 Acute thyroiditis
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
245.1 Subacute thyroiditis
245.2 Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis
245.3 Chronic fibrous thyroiditis
245.4 Iatrogenic thyroiditis
245.8 Other and unspecified chronic thyroiditis
245.9 Thyroiditis, unspecified


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