333.5 CHOREA NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 333.5

Short Description: Chorea NEC

Long Description: Other choreas

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the nervous system (320–359)
    • Hereditary and degenerative diseases of the central nervous system (330-337)
      • 333 Other extrapyramidal disease and abnormal movement disorders
        • 333.5 Chorea NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Bergeron's chorea
  • Chorea
  • Chorea in systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Choreoathetosis
  • Chronic progressive non-hereditary chorea
  • Disorder presenting primarily with chorea
  • Drug-induced chorea
  • Hemiballism
  • Hemichorea
  • Henoch's chorea
  • Kinesiogenic choreoathetosis
  • On examination - choreiform movement
  • Oral choreiform movement
  • Paroxysmal choreoathetosis
  • Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia
  • Paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia
  • Thyrotoxic chorea

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 333.5 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Chorea (gravis) (minor) (spasmodic) 333.5
    • with
      • heart involvement - see Chorea with rheumatic heart disease
      • rheumatic heart disease (chronic, inactive, or quiescent) (conditions classifiable to 393-398) - see- rheumatic heart condition involved,
        • active or acute (conditions classifiable to 391) 392.0
    • acute - see Chorea, Sydenham's
    • apoplectic (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
    • chronic 333.4
    • electric 049.8
    • gravidarum - see Eclampsia, pregnancy
    • habit 307.22
    • hereditary 333.4
    • Huntington's 333.4
    • posthemiplegic 344.89
    • pregnancy - see Eclampsia, pregnancy
    • progressive 333.4
      • chronic 333.4
      • hereditary 333.4
    • rheumatic (chronic) 392.9
      • with heart disease or involvement - see Chorea, with rheumatic heart disease
    • senile 333.5
    • Sydenham's 392.9
      • with heart involvement - see Chorea, with rheumatic heart disease
      • nonrheumatic 333.5
    • variabilis 307.23
  • Choreoathetosis (paroxysmal) 333.5
  • Hemiballism (us) 333.5
  • Hemichorea 333.5

Crosswalk Information

The code 333.5 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
333.5 Right Arrow G25.4 Drug-induced chorea
G25.5 Other chorea
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
333.0 Other degenerative diseases of the basal ganglia
333.1 Essential and other specified forms of tremor
333.2 Myoclonus
333.3 Tics of organic origin
333.4 Huntington's chorea
333.6 Genetic torsion dystonia
333.71 Athetoid cerebral palsy
333.72 Acute dystonia due to drugs
333.79 Other acquired torsion dystonia
333.81 Blepharospasm
333.82 Orofacial dyskinesia
333.83 Spasmodic torticollis
333.84 Organic writers' cramp
333.85 Subacute dyskinesia due to drugs
333.89 Other fragments of torsion dystonia
333.90 Unspecified extrapyramidal disease and abnormal movement disorder
333.91 Stiff-man syndrome
333.92 Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
333.93 Benign shuddering attacks
333.94 Restless legs syndrome (RLS)
333.99 Other extrapyramidal diseases and abnormal movement disorders


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