Diagnosis Code: 478.29

Short Description: Disease of pharynx NEC

Long Description: Other diseases of pharynx, not elsewhere classified

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519)
  • Other diseases of upper respiratory tract (470-478)
    • 478 Other diseases of upper respiratory tract
      • 478.29 Disease of pharynx NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Abscess of nasopharynx
• Abscess of pharynx
• Acquired velopharyngeal incompetence
• Bleeding from nasopharynx
• Borderline acquired velopharyngeal dysfunction
• Borderline velopharyngeal insufficiency
• Bullous eruption of pharynx
• Choanae non-patent
• Constriction in throat
• Cricopharyngeal incoordination
• Cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction
• Discharge of tonsil
• Dysphonia of palatopharyngolaryngeal myoclonus
• Fistula colli congenita
• Iatrogenic perforation of pharynx
• Lesion of hypopharynx
• Lesion of nasopharynx
• Lymphoid follicles on posterior wall of pharynx
• Nasopharyngeal myiasis
• On examination - pharynx hyperemic
• Palatopharyngeal incoordination
• Perforation of pharyngeal diverticulum
• Perforation of pharynx
• Pharyngeal bursitis
• Pharyngeal diverticulitis
• Pharyngeal dryness
• Pharyngeal gag reflex positive
• Pharyngeal hemorrhage
• Pharyngeal paralysis
• Pharyngeal spasm
• Pharyngeal stenosis
• Pharyngitis keratosa
• Pharyngocutaneous fistula
• Pharynx or nasopharynx abscess
• Spasm of the cricopharyngeus muscle
• Subglottic lesion
• Swollen nasopharynx
• Throat irritation
• Tonsil asymmetry
• Tonsil congested
• Traumatic perforation of pharynx
• Ulcer of pharynx
• Velopharyngeal insufficiency

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 478.29 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
  • bursa 727.89
    • pharyngeal 478.29
  • fauces 478.29
  • nasopharyngeal 478.29
  • pharynx, pharyngeal (lateral) 478.29
  • throat 478.29

• Adhesion(s), adhesive (postinfectional) (postoperative)
  • Rosenm�ller's fossa 478.29

• Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (effort) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor) 413.9
  • faucium 478.29

• Atrophy, atrophic
  • pharynx 478.29
  • throat 478.29

• Bursa - see also condition
  • pharynx 478.29

• Bursitis NEC 727.3
  • pharyngeal 478.29
  • Thornwaldt's, Tornwaldt's (pharyngeal) 478.29

• Cicatrix (adherent) (contracted) (painful) (vicious) 709.2
  • hypopharynx 478.29
  • nasopharynx 478.29
  • throat 478.29

• Deformity 738.9
  • pharynx (congenital) 750.9
    • acquired 478.29

• Dilatation
  • pharynx 478.29

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • Thornwaldt's, Tornwaldt's (pharyngeal bursitis) 478.29
  • Tornwaldt's (pharyngeal bursitis) 478.29

• Dry, dryness - see also condition
  • throat 478.29

• Faucitis 478.29

• Fistula (sinus) 686.9
  • nasopharynx 478.29
  • pharyngo-esophageal 478.29
  • pharynx 478.29
    • branchial cleft (congenital) 744.41

• Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (nontraumatic) 459.0
  • nasopharynx 478.29

• Hyperesthesia (body surface) (see also Disturbance, sensation) 782.0
  • pharynx (reflex) 478.29

• Hyperplasia, hyperplastic
  • pharynx (lymphoid) 478.29

• Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
  • nasopharynx, lymphoid (infectional) (tissue) (wall) 478.29
  • pharynx 478.29
    • lymphoid (infectional) (tissue) (wall) 478.29

• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
  • hypopharynx 478.29
  • nasopharynx (chronic) 478.29
    • acute 460
  • pharynx 478.29
    • Coxsackie virus 074.0
    • phlegmonous 462
    • posterior, lymphoid 474.00
  • throat 478.29
    • pneumococcal 462
    • staphylococcal 462
    • streptococcal 034.0
    • viral NEC (see also Pharyngitis) 462

• Irritation
  • pharynx 478.29

• Keratosis 701.1
  • pharyngeus 478.29
  • tonsillaris 478.29

• Lesion(s)
  • hypopharynx 478.29

• Leukoplakia 702.8
  • tonsil 478.29

• Nasopharyngeal - see also condition
  • bursa 478.29

• Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
  • device, implant, or graft - see Complications, due to (presence of) any device, implant, or graft classified to 996.0-996.5 NEC
  • nasopharynx 478.29
  • pharynx 478.29

• Pain(s) (see also Painful) 780.96
  • nasopharynx 478.29
  • pharynx 478.29

• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
  • fauces 478.29
  • pharynx 478.29
  • throat 478.29
    • diphtheritic 032.0
    • muscle 478.29

• Perforation, perforative (nontraumatic)
  • pharynx 478.29

• Pharyngoplegia 478.29

• Phlegmon (see also Abscess) 682.9
  • throat 478.29

• Polyp, polypus
  • pharynx 478.29
    • congenital 750.29

• Reflex - see also condition
  • hyperactive gag 478.29

• Rupture, ruptured 553.9
  • pharynx (nontraumatic) (spontaneous) 478.29

• Spasm, spastic, spasticity (see also condition) 781.0
  • pharynx (reflex) 478.29
    • hysterical 300.11
    • psychogenic 306.1
      • specified as conversion reaction 300.11
  • throat 478.29
    • hysterical 300.11
    • psychogenic 306.1
      • specified as conversion reaction 300.11

• Stricture (see also Stenosis) 799.89
  • hypopharynx 478.29
  • nasopharynx 478.29
    • syphilitic 095.8
  • pharynx (dilation) 478.29

• Thornwaldt's, Tornwaldt's
  • bursitis (pharyngeal) 478.29
  • disease (pharyngeal bursitis) 478.29

• Tornwaldt's bursitis (disease) (pharyngeal bursitis) 478.29
  • cyst 478.26

• Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9
  • fauces 478.29
  • hypopharynx 478.29
  • nasopharynx 478.29
  • pharynx 478.29
  • throat 478.29
    • diphtheritic 032.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 478.29 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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