245.9 THYROIDITIS NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 245.9

Short Description: Thyroiditis NOS

Long Description: Thyroiditis, unspecified

Code Classification:

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
    • Disorders of thyroid gland (240-246)
      • 245 Thyroiditis
        • 245.9 Thyroiditis NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 245.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Capsulitis (joint) 726.90
    • thyroid 245.9
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
    • thyroid (gland) (see also Thyroiditis) 245.9
  • Thyroiditis 245.9
    • acute (pyogenic) (suppurative) 245.0
      • nonsuppurative 245.0
    • autoimmune 245.2
    • chronic (nonspecific) (sclerosing) 245.8
      • fibrous 245.3
      • lymphadenoid 245.2
      • lymphocytic 245.2
      • lymphoid 245.2
    • complicating pregnancy, childbirth, or puerperium 648.1
    • de Quervain's (subacute granulomatous) 245.1
    • fibrous (chronic) 245.3
    • giant (cell) (follicular) 245.1
    • granulomatous (de Quervain's) (subacute) 245.1
    • Hashimoto's (struma lymphomatosa) 245.2
    • iatrogenic 245.4
    • invasive (fibrous) 245.3
    • ligneous 245.3
    • lymphocytic (chronic) 245.2
    • lymphoid 245.2
    • lymphomatous 245.2
    • pseudotuberculous 245.1
    • pyogenic 245.0
    • radiation 245.4
    • Riedel's (ligneous) 245.3
    • subacute 245.1
    • suppurative 245.0
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.5
    • viral 245.1
    • woody 245.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 245.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
245.9 Right Arrow E06.9 Thyroiditis, unspecified
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
245.0 Acute thyroiditis
245.1 Subacute thyroiditis
245.2 Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis
245.3 Chronic fibrous thyroiditis
245.4 Iatrogenic thyroiditis
245.8 Other and unspecified chronic thyroiditis


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