478.9 - Other And Unspecified Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract
The ICD 9 Code for Other and unspecified diseases of upper respiratory tract is listed as 478.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 478.9 |
| Long Description: | Other and unspecified diseases of upper respiratory tract |
| Short Description: | Upper resp dis NEC/NOS |
| Chapter: | Diseases Of The Respiratory System |
| Block: | Other Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract (470-478) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Abscess of trachea
Adenoviral respiratory disease Cicatrix of trachea Disorder of ethmoidal sinus Disorder of frontal sinus Disorder of maxillary sinus Disorder of nasal cavity Disorder of nose AND/OR nasopharynx Disorder of sphenoidal sinus Disorder of upper respiratory system Nasal problem Supraglottic lesion |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | J39.8 - Other specified diseases of upper respiratory tract (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | J39.9 - Disease of upper respiratory tract, unspecified (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 478.9: | |
| 478.0 - Hypertrophy of nasal turbinates | |
| 478.4 - Polyp of vocal cord or larynx | |
| 478.5 - Other diseases of vocal cords | |
| 478.6 - Edema of larynx | |
| 478.8 - Upper respiratory tract hypersensitivity reaction, site unspecified | |