2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 478.25
Edema of pharynx or nasopharynx
- 2014
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- Short description: Edema pharynx/nasopharyx.
- ICD-9-CM 478.25 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 478.25 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
- You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 478.25.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 478.25: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
478.25 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J39.2 Other diseases of pharynx
Approximate Synonyms
- Edema of nasopharynx
- Edema of pharynx
- Nasopharyngeal edema
- Pharyngeal edema
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
478.25:
- Edema, edematous 782.3
nasopharynx 478.25
pharynx 478.25
