Diagnosis Code: 478.79

Short Description: Disease of larynx NEC

Long Description: Other diseases of larynx, 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
      • 478.79 Disease of larynx NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Abscess of larynx
• Acquired laryngocele
• Adductor spastic dysphonia
• Adductor spastic dysphonia of conversion reaction
• Adductor spastic dysphonia of dystonia
• Adductor spastic dysphonia of musculoskeletal tension reaction
• Arytenoid fixed
• Arytenoid partially fixed
• Chondroradionecrosis of larynx
• Cricoarytenoid joint arthritis
• Cricoarytenoid joint fixation
• Cricoarytenoid joint fixed on phonation
• Cyst of larynx
• Dysplasia of glottis
• Dysplasia of larynx
• Everted laryngeal saccules
• Fistula colli congenita
• Hereditary mucoepithelial dysplasia
• Idiopathic adductor spastic dysphonia
• Infantile epiglottis
• Laryngeal dystonia
• Laryngeal granuloma
• Laryngeal pachydermia
• Laryngeal scar
• Laryngectomy scar
• Laryngopharyngeal reflux
• Lesion of larynx
• Leukoplakia of larynx
• Necrosis of larynx
• Neurologic adductor spastic dysphonia
• Obstruction of larynx
• Partial larynx
• Subglottic abscess
• Subglottic erythema
• Subglottic necrosis
• Subglottic swelling
• Subglottic ulcer
• Supraglottic abscess
• Supraglottic atrophy
• Supraglottic ulcer
• Thickening of vocal cords
• Tracheostomy scar
• Ulcer of larynx
• Vallecular cyst

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 478.79 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
  • epiglottis 478.79
  • glottis 478.79
  • larynx 478.79
  • postlaryngeal 478.79
  • retrolaryngeal 478.79

• Adhesion(s), adhesive (postinfectional) (postoperative)
  • epiglottis 478.79

• Ankylosis (fibrous) (osseous) 718.50
  • cricoarytenoid (cartilage) (joint) (larynx) 478.79

• Aphthae, aphthous - see also condition
  • ulcer (oral) (recurrent) 528.2
    • larynx 478.79

• Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 716.9
  • cricoarytenoid 478.79

• Atrophy, atrophic
  • larynx 478.79

• Calcification
  • larynx (senile) 478.79

• Change(s) (of) - see also Removal of
  • hyperplastic larynx 478.79

• Cicatrix (adherent) (contracted) (painful) (vicious) 709.2
  • larynx 478.79

• Compression
  • laryngeal nerve, recurrent 478.79

• Cyst (mucus) (retention) (serous) (simple)
  • arytenoid 478.79
  • epiglottis 478.79
  • larynx 478.79
  • vallecula, vallecular 478.79

• Deformity 738.9
  • cricoid cartilage (congenital) 748.3
    • acquired 478.79
  • epiglottis (congenital) 748.3
    • acquired 478.79
  • larynx (muscle) (congenital) 748.3
    • acquired 478.79
  • thyroid (gland) (congenital) 759.2
    • cartilage 748.3
      • acquired 478.79

• Dry, dryness - see also condition
  • larynx 478.79

• Dysphonia 784.42
  • spastica 478.79

• Dysplasia - see also Anomaly
  • epithelial
    • epiglottis 478.79

• Fissure, fissured
  • larynx 478.79
    • congenital 748.3

• Fistula (sinus) 686.9
  • larynx 478.79

• Fixation
  • larynx 478.79

• Granuloma NEC 686.1
  • larynx 478.79

• Hyperesthesia (body surface) (see also Disturbance, sensation) 782.0
  • larynx (reflex) 478.79
    • hysterical 300.11

• Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
  • arytenoid 478.79

• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
  • larynx NEC 478.79

• Keratosis 701.1
  • larynx, laryngeal 478.79

• Laryngitis (acute) (edematous) (fibrinous) (gangrenous) (infective) (infiltrative) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pneumococcal) (pseudomembranous) (septic) (subglottic) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) 464.00
  • pachydermic 478.79

• Laryngofissure 478.79
  • congenital 748.3

• Laryngoptosis 478.79

• Leukoplakia 702.8
  • larynx 478.79

• Necrosis, necrotic
  • glottis 478.79
  • larynx 478.79

• Node(s) - see also Nodules
  • larynx 478.79

• Nodule(s), nodular
  • larynx 478.79

• Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
  • glottis 478.79
  • larynx 478.79
    • congenital 748.3

• Ossification
  • larynx 478.79

• Pachyderma, pachydermia 701.8
  • laryngitis 478.79
  • larynx (verrucosa) 478.79

• Prolapse, prolapsed
  • laryngeal muscles or ventricle 478.79

• Sclerosis, sclerotic
  • larynx 478.79

• Stricture (see also Stenosis) 799.89
  • larynx 478.79
    • congenital 748.3
    • syphilitic 095.8
      • congenital 090.5

• Thickening
  • larynx 478.79
  • subepiglottic 478.79

• Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9
  • epiglottis 478.79
  • glottis 478.79
  • larynx (aphthous) (contact) 478.79
    • diphtheritic 032.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 478.79 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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