784.99 HEAD & NECK SYMPTOMS NEC

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 784.99
Short Description: Head & neck symptoms NEC
Long Description: Other symptoms involving head and neck
Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Code Classification

Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
- Symptoms (780-789)
  - 784 Symptoms involving head and neck
    - 784.99 Head & neck symptoms NEC

Synonyms

Bilateral tonsillar swelling
Blowing nose ineffectual
Breath smells unpleasant
Bridge of nose abnormally high
Bulging tympanic membrane
Choking
Choking attacks
Choking due to airways obstruction
Choking sensation
Chronic mouth breathing
Clicking sensation in larynx
Complaining of a head symptom
Complaining of a neck symptom
Complaining of postnasal drip
Concerned about shape of nose
Difficulty moving lips symmetrically
Difficulty moving tongue symmetrically
Dribbling from one side of mouth
Drink comes down nose
Ear pressure sensation
Ear symptom
Ear, nose and throat symptoms
Ear/nose/throat symptom
Echo in ear
Enlargement of neck
Feeling of throat tightness
Fetor hepaticus
Flaring of alae nasi
Food comes down nose
Food goes down wrong way
Garlic breath
Head tilt
Ketotic breath
Laryngeal mobility limited following radiotherapy
Lead breath
Limited jaw protrusion
Mouth breathing
Mouth breathing with nasal obstruction
Nasal discharge present
Nasal regurgitation
Nasal symptom
Nasal symptoms, otherwise specified
Nose symptoms
Obligatory mouth breathing
On examination - breath - alcohol smell
On examination - breath musty - hepatic
On examination - breath offensive-halitosis
On examination - breath smell
On examination - breath smell unpleasant
On examination - breath sweet - acetone
On examination - breath urinose - uremic
On examination - laryngeal signs
On examination - mouth breathing
On examination - nasal discharge
On examination - nasal discharge-foul smell
On examination - parotid swelling
On examination - sublingual swelling
On examination - submandibular swelling
On examination - tonsils hyperemic
Onion breath
Pain of nose
Photoptarmosis
Problem blowing nose
Reverse sneezing
Severely limited jaw protrusion
Smell of alcohol on breath
Sneezing
Sneezing symptom
Sniffles
Swelling of left tonsil
Swelling of right tonsil
Swelling of tonsil
Symptom of head
Symptom of head and neck region
Symptom of neck
Tenderness of head and neck region
Tongue asymmetrical
Transient clearing of nasal airway
Unable to move lips symmetrically
Unable to move tongue symmetrically
Uremic breath
Variation in patency of nasal airway

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 784.99 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Bad
- breath 784.99

Breath
- foul 784.99

Breathing
- mouth 784.99
  - causing malocclusion 524.59

Choking sensation 784.99

Deglutition
- paralysis 784.99
  - hysterical 300.11

Feeling of foreign body in throat 784.99

Fetid
- breath 784.99

Foreign body
- feeling of, in throat 784.99
- throat, feeling of 784.99

Foul breath 784.99

Halitosis 784.99

Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
- deglutition 784.99
  - hysterical 300.11

Runny nose 784.99

Scratchy throat 784.99

Sensation
- choking 784.99

Sneezing 784.99
- intractable 478.19

Sternutation 784.99

Symptoms, specified (general) NEC 780.99
- head and neck NEC 784.99
- larynx NEC 784.99
- throat NEC 784.99
- tonsil NEC 784.99

Crosswalk Information

The code 784.99 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code	ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
784.99	R06.5	Mouth breathing
	R06.7	Sneezing
	R06.89	Other abnormalities of breathing
	R19.6	Halitosis

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
784.2	Swelling, mass, or lump in head and neck
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

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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