Diagnosis Code: 472.1

Short Description: Chronic pharyngitis

Long Description: Chronic pharyngitis

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519)
  • Other diseases of upper respiratory tract (470-478)
    • 472 Chronic pharyngitis and nasopharyngitis
      • 472.1 Chronic pharyngitis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 472.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Atrophy, atrophic
  • pharyngitis 472.1

• Catarrh, catarrhal (inflammation) (see also condition) 460
  • throat 472.1

• Granular - see also condition
  • inflammation, pharynx 472.1

• Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
  • pharyngitis 472.1

• Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
  • follicular, pharynx 472.1
  • granular, pharynx 472.1
  • pharynx (see also Pharyngitis) 462
    • follicular 472.1
    • granular 472.1

• Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal) (gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pneumococcal) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (staphylococcal) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) 462
  • atrophic 472.1
  • chronic 472.1
  • follicular 472.1
  • granular (chronic) 472.1
  • hypertrophic 472.1
  • infectional, chronic 472.1

• Smokers'
  • throat 472.1

• Sore
  • throat 462
    • chronic 472.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 472.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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