Diagnosis Code: 244.8

Short Description: Acquired hypothyroid NEC

Long Description: Other specified acquired hypothyroidism

Code Classification:

• Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
  • Disorders of thyroid gland (240-246)
    • 244 Acquired hypothyroidism
      • 244.8 Acquired hypothyroid NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Hypothalamic hypothyroidism
• Hypothyroid myopathy
• Hypothyroidism due to amyloidosis
• Hypothyroidism due to cystinosis
• Hypothyroidism due to food stuffs
• Hypothyroidism due to infiltrative disease
• Hypothyroidism due to sarcoidosis
• Hypothyroidism due to scleroderma
• Hypothyroidism due to thyroid stimulating hormone receptor blocking antibody
• Infant hypothyroidism due to maternal drug
• Isolated thyrotropin deficiency
• Secondary hypothyroidism
• Severe hypothyroidism
• Subclinical hypothyroidism

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 244.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • Gull's (thyroid atrophy with myxedema) 244.8

• Gull's disease (thyroid atrophy with myxedema) 244.8

• Hypothyroidism (acquired) 244.9
  • due to
    • specified cause NEC 244.8
  • pituitary 244.8
  • secondary NEC 244.8
  • specified cause NEC 244.8

• Myxedema (adult) (idiocy) (infantile) (juvenile) (thyroid gland) (see also Hypothyroidism) 244.9
  • pituitary 244.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 244.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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