478.5 - Other Diseases Of Vocal Cords
The ICD 9 Code for Other diseases of vocal cords is listed as 478.5.
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: | 478.5 |
| Long Description: | Other diseases of vocal cords |
| Short Description: | Vocal cord disease NEC |
| Chapter: | Diseases Of The Respiratory System |
| Block: | Other Diseases Of Upper Respiratory Tract (470-478) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Abscess of vocal cords
Atrophy of vocal cord Bowing of vocal cord Bowing of vocal cord on phonation Cellulitis of vocal cords Chorditis Chorditis vocalis inferior Contact ulcer of vocal folds Disorder of vocal cord Dysplasia of vocal cord Epidermoid cyst of vocal cord Fibrinous chorditis Granuloma of vocal cords Human papilloma virus infection of vocal cord Hyperemia of vocal cord Impaired abduction of vocal cord on respiration Impaired adduction of vocal cord on phonation Interarytenoid leukoplakia Lesion of vocal cord Leukoplakia of vocal cords Mucosal bridge of vocal cord Mucous cyst of vocal cord No view of vocal cords On examination - laryngoscopy=singers nodes On examination - vocal cord nodule On examination - vocal cords pink +edema On examination - vocal cords thickened Paradoxical movement of vocal cord on respiration Polypoid degeneration of vocal cord Post-radiotherapy telangiectasis of vocal cord Postmenopausal atrophy of vocal cord Pseudocystic change of vocal cord Scarred plaque of vocal fold cover Singers' chorditis Singers' nodes Sulcus vocalis of vocal cord Telangiectasis of vocal cord Vocal cord abducted at rest Vocal cord adducted at rest Vocal cord cyst Vocal cord does not adduct on coughing Vocal cord does not adduct on phonation Vocal cord dysfunction Vocal cord hematoma Vocal cord irregular Vocal cord obliterated Vocal cord palsy Vocal cord prolapse Vocal cord strain Vocal cord ulcer Vocal cords erythematous Vocal cords swelling Vocal cords thickened Vocal fold underadduction Vocal fremitus decreased Vocal fremitus increased Vocal nodules in adults Vocal nodules in children |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | J38.3 - Other diseases of vocal cords (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 478.5: | |
| 478.0 - Hypertrophy of nasal turbinates | |
| 478.4 - Polyp of vocal cord or larynx | |
| 478.6 - Edema of larynx | |
| 478.8 - Upper respiratory tract hypersensitivity reaction, site unspecified | |
| 478.9 - Other and unspecified diseases of upper respiratory tract | |