Diagnosis Code: 478.5

Short Description: Vocal cord disease NEC

Long Description: Other diseases of vocal cords

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519)
  • Other diseases of upper respiratory tract (470-478)
    • 478 Other diseases of upper respiratory tract
      • 478.5 Vocal cord disease NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Abscess of vocal cords
• Atrophy of vocal cord
• Bowing of vocal cord
• Bowing of vocal cord on phonation
• Cellulitis of vocal cords
• Chorditis
• Chorditis vocalis inferior
• Contact ulcer of vocal folds
• Disorder of vocal cord
• Dysplasia of vocal cord
• Epidermoid cyst of vocal cord
• Fibrinous chorditis
• Granuloma of vocal cords
• Human papilloma virus infection of vocal cord
• Hyperemia of vocal cord
• Impaired abduction of vocal cord on respiration
• Impaired adduction of vocal cord on phonation
• Interarytenoid leukoplakia
• Lesion of vocal cord
• Leukoplakia of vocal cords
• Mucosal bridge of vocal cord
• Mucous cyst of vocal cord
• No view of vocal cords
• On examination - laryngoscopy=singers nodes
• On examination - vocal cord nodule
• On examination - vocal cords pink +edema
• On examination - vocal cords thickened
• Paradoxical movement of vocal cord on respiration
• Polypoid degeneration of vocal cord
• Postmenopausal atrophy of vocal cord
• Post-radiotherapy telangiectasis of vocal cord
• Pseudocystic change of vocal cord
• Scarred plaque of vocal fold cover
• Singers' chorditis
• Singers' nodes
• Sulcus vocalis of vocal cord
• Telangiectasis of vocal cord
• Vocal cord abducted at rest
• Vocal cord adducted at rest
• Vocal cord cyst
• Vocal cord does not adduct on coughing
• Vocal cord does not adduct on phonation
• Vocal cord dysfunction
• Vocal cord hematoma
• Vocal cord irregular
• Vocal cord obliterated
• Vocal cord palsy
• Vocal cord prolapse
• Vocal cord strain
• Vocal cord ulcer
• Vocal cords erythematous
• Vocal cords swelling
• Vocal cords thickened
• Vocal fold underadduction
• Vocal fremitus decreased
• Vocal fremitus increased
• Vocal nodules in adults
• Vocal nodules in children

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 478.5 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
  • vocal cord 478.5

• Cellulitis (diffuse) (with lymphangitis) (see also Abscess) 682.9
  • vocal cords 478.5

• Chorditis (fibrinous) (nodosa) (tuberosa) 478.5

• Cicatrix (adherent) (contracted) (painful) (vicious) 709.2
  • vocal cord 478.5

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • vocal cords NEC 478.5

• Dysplasia - see also Anomaly
  • vocal cord 478.5

• Fixation
  • vocal cord 478.5

• Granuloma NEC 686.1
  • vocal cords 478.5

• Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (nontraumatic) 459.0
  • vocal cord 478.5

• Hyperkeratosis (see also Keratosis) 701.1
  • vocal cord 478.5

• Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
  • vocal cord 478.5

• Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
  • vocal cord 478.5

• Leukoplakia 702.8
  • vocal cords 478.5

• Node(s) - see also Nodules
  • singers' 478.5
  • vocal cords 478.5

• Nodule(s), nodular
  • singers' 478.5
  • vocal cords 478.5

• Pachyderma, pachydermia 701.8
  • laryngis 478.5

• Singers' node or nodule 478.5

Crosswalk Information

The code 478.5 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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