784.2 SWELLING IN HEAD & NECK


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 784.2

Short Description: Swelling in head & neck

Long Description: Swelling, mass, or lump in head and neck

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Symptoms (780-789)
      • 784 Symptoms involving head and neck
        • 784.2 Swelling in head & neck

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Congestion of throat
  • Dental swelling
  • Facial swelling
  • Feeling of lump in throat
  • Head and neck swelling
  • Intracranial space-occupying lesion
  • Lip swelling
  • Localized swelling, mass and lump, neck
  • Lump on face
  • Mass in head or neck
  • Mass of head
  • Mass of intracranial structure
  • Mass of nasopharynx
  • Mass of neck
  • Mass of nose
  • Mass of palatine tonsil
  • Mass of postauricular region
  • Mass of scalp
  • Mass of submandibular region
  • Mass of submental region
  • Mass of tongue
  • Nasal mucosa boggy
  • Neck swelling
  • Nodule of nasal cavity
  • Nodule of suprahyoid region
  • On examination - endocrine, nutrition or metabolic
  • Pharyngeal swelling
  • Subungual swelling
  • Swelling of head
  • Swelling of lower jaw region
  • Swelling of oral cavity structure
  • Swollen gums
  • Swollen nose
  • Tongue swelling

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 784.2 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Lesion(s)
    • intracranial, space-occupying NEC 784.2
    • space-occupying, intracranial NEC 784.2
  • Lump - see also Mass
    • head 784.2
    • neck 784.2
    • nose or sinus 784.2
    • throat 784.2
  • Mass
    • cheek 784.2
    • gum 784.2
    • head 784.2
    • intracranial 784.2
    • mouth 784.2
    • neck 784.2
    • nose or sinus 784.2
    • palate 784.2
    • throat 784.2
    • tongue 784.2
  • Swelling 782.3
    • cheek 784.2
    • gum 784.2
    • head 784.2
    • mouth 784.2
    • neck 784.2
    • nose or sinus 784.2
    • palate 784.2
    • throat 784.2
    • tongue 784.2

Crosswalk Information

The code 784.2 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
784.2 Right Arrow R22.0 Localized swelling, mass and lump, head
R22.1 Localized swelling, mass and lump, neck
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
784.0 Headache
784.1 Throat pain
784.3 Aphasia
784.40 Voice and resonance disorder, unspecified
784.41 Aphonia
784.42 Dysphonia
784.43 Hypernasality
784.44 Hyponasality
784.49 Other voice and resonance disorders
784.51 Dysarthria
784.52 Fluency disorder in conditions classified elsewhere
784.59 Other speech disturbance
784.60 Symbolic dysfunction, unspecified
784.61 Alexia and dyslexia
784.69 Other symbolic dysfunction
784.7 Epistaxis
784.8 Hemorrhage from throat
784.91 Postnasal drip
784.92 Jaw pain
784.99 Other symptoms involving head and neck


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