Diagnosis Code: 446.5

Short Description: Giant cell arteritis

Long Description: Giant cell arteritis

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the circulatory system (390–459)
  • Diseases of arteries, arterioles, and capillaries (440-449)
    • 446 Polyarteritis nodosa and allied conditions
      • 446.5 Giant cell arteritis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 446.5 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Anarthritic rheumatoid disease 446.5

• Arteritis 447.6
  • cranial (left) (right) 446.5
  • giant cell 446.5
  • temporal 446.5

• Bagratuni's syndrome (temporal arteritis) 446.5

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • anarthritic rheumatoid 446.5
  • Horton's (temporal arteritis) 446.5

• Horton's
  • disease (temporal arteritis) 446.5

• Myopathy 359.9
  • in
    • giant cell arteritis 446.5 [359.6]

• Polymyalgia 725
  • arteritica 446.5

• Rhizomelique, pseudopolyarthritic 446.5

• Syndrome - see also Disease
  • Bagratuni's (temporal arteritis) 446.5

Crosswalk Information

The code 446.5 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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