Diagnosis Code: 474.12

Short Description: Hypertrophy adenoids

Long Description: Hypertrophy of adenoids alone

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519)
  • Other diseases of upper respiratory tract (470-478)
    • 474 Chronic disease of tonsils and adenoids
      • 474.12 Hypertrophy adenoids

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 474.12 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Adenoids (congenital) (of nasal fossa) 474.9
  • hypertrophy 474.12

• Enlargement, enlarged - see also Hypertrophy
  • adenoids 474.12
    • and tonsils 474.10

• Growth (fungoid) (neoplastic) (new) (M8000/1) - see also Neoplasm, by site, unspecified nature
  • adenoid (vegetative) 474.12
    • benign (M8000/0) - see Neoplasm, by site, benign

• Hyperplasia, hyperplastic
  • adenoids (lymphoid tissue) 474.12
    • and tonsils 474.10

• Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
  • adenoids (infectional) 474.12
    • and tonsils (faucial) (infective) (lingual) (lymphoid) 474.10
  • pharyngeal tonsil 474.12

Crosswalk Information

The code 474.12 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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