16. SYMPTOMS, SIGNS, AND ILL-DEFINED CONDITIONS ICD 9 CODES (780-799)
This section includes symptoms, signs, abnormal results of laboratory or other investigative procedures, and ill-defined conditions regarding which no diagnosis classifiable elsewhere is recorded.
Signs and symptoms that point rather definitely to a given diagnosis are assigned to some category in the preceding part of the classification. In general, categories 780-796 include the more ill-defined conditions and symptoms that point with perhaps equal suspicion to two or more diseases or to two or more systems of the body, and without the necessary study of the case to make a final diagnosis. Practically all categories in this group could be designated as "not otherwise specified," or as "unknown etiology," or as "transient." The Alphabetic Index should be consulted to determine which symptoms and signs are to be allocated here and which to more specific sections of the classification; the residual subcategories numbered .9 are provided for other relevant symptoms which cannot be allocated elsewhere in the classification.
The conditions and signs or symptoms included in categories 780-796 consist of: (a) cases for which no more specific diagnosis can be made even after all facts bearing on the case have been investigated; (b) signs or symptoms existing at the time of initial encounter that proved to be transient and whose causes could not be determined; (c) provisional diagnoses in a patient who failed to return for further investigation or care; (d) cases referred elsewhere for investigation or treatment before the diagnosis was made; (e) cases in which a more precise diagnosis was not available for any other reason; (f) certain symptoms which represent important problems in medical care and which it might be desired to classify in addition to a known cause.
780 General symptoms (ICD 9 CM Codes)
780.0 Alteration of consciousness
Excludes: alteration of consciousness due to:
intracranial injuries (850.0-854.19)
skull fractures (800.00-801.99, 803.00-804.99)
coma:
diabetic (249.2-249.3, 250.2-250.3)
hepatic (572.2)
originating in the perinatal period (779.2)
780.02 Transient alteration of awareness
780.03 Persistent vegetative state
Drowsiness
Semicoma
Unconsciousness
Somnolence
Stupor
Hallucinations:
NOS
auditory
gustatory
olfactory
tactile
Excludes: those associated with mental disorders, as functional psychoses (295.0-298.9)
organic brain syndromes (290.0-294.9, 310.0-310.9)
visual hallucinations (368.16)
780.2 Syncope and collapse
Blackout
Fainting
(Near) (Pre)syncope
Vasovagal attack
Excludes: carotid sinus syncope (337.0)
heat syncope (992.1)
neurocirculatory asthenia (306.2)
orthostatic hypotension (458.0)
shock NOS (785.50)
Excludes: convulsions:
epileptic (345.10-345.91)
in newborn (779.0)
780.31 Febrile convulsions (simple), unspecified
Febrile seizures NOS
780.32 Complex febrile convulsions
Febrile seizure:
atypical
complex
complicated
Excludes: status epilepticus (345.3)
780.33 Post traumatic seizures
Excludes: post traumatic epilepsy (345.00-345.91)
Convulsive disorder NOS
Fits NOS
Recurrent convulsions NOS
Seizure NOS
Seizures NOS
780.4 Dizziness and giddiness
Light-headedness
Vertigo NOS
Excludes: Ménière's disease and other specified vertiginous syndromes (386.0-386.9)
Excludes: circadian rhythm sleep disorders (327.30-327.39)
organic hypersomnia (327.10-327.19)
organic insomnia (327.00-327.09)
organic sleep apnea (327.20-327.29)
organic sleep related movement disorders (327.51-327.59)
parasomnias (327.40-327.49)
that of nonorganic origin (307.40-307.49)
780.50 Sleep disturbance, unspecified
780.51 Insomnia with sleep apnea, unspecified
780.52 Insomnia, unspecified
780.53 Hypersomnia with sleep apnea, unspecified
780.54 Hypersomnia, unspecified
780.55 Disruptions of 24 hour sleep wake cycle, unspecified
780.56 Dysfunctions associated with sleep stages or arousal from sleep
780.57 Unspecified sleep apnea
780.58 Sleep related movement disorder, unspecified
Excludes: restless legs syndrome (333.94)
780.6 Fever and other physiologic disturbances of temperature regulation
Excludes: effects of reduced environmental temperature (991.0-991.9)
effects of heat and light (992.0-992.9)
fever, chills or hypothermia associated with confirmed infection - code to infection
780.60 Fever, unspecified
Chills with fever
Fever NOS
Fever of unknown origin (FUO)
Hyperpyrexia NOS
Pyrexia NOS
Pyrexia of unknown origin
Excludes: chills without fever (780.64)
neonatal fever (778.4)
pyrexia of unknown origin (during):
in newborn (778.4)
labor (659.2)
the puerperium (672)
780.61 Fever presenting with conditions classified elsewhere
Code firstunderlying condition when associated fever is present, such as with:
leukemia (conditions classifiable to 204-208)
neutropenia (288.00-288.09)
sickle-cell disease (282.60-282.69)
780.62 Postprocedural fever
Excludes: posttransfusion fever (780.66)
postvaccination fever (780.63)
780.63 Postvaccination fever
Postimmunization fever
780.64 Chills (without fever)
Chills NOS
Excludes: chills with fever (780.60)
780.65 Hypothermia not associated with low environmental temperature
Excludes: hypothermia:
associated with low environmental temperature (991.6)
due to anesthesia (995.89)
of newborn (778.2, 778.3)
780.66 Febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction
FNHTR
Posttransfusion fever
780.7 Malaise and fatigue
Excludes: debility, unspecified (799.3)
fatigue (during):
combat (308.0-308.9)
heat (992.6)
pregnancy (646.8)
neurasthenia (300.5)
senile asthenia (797)
780.71 Chronic fatigue syndrome
780.72 Functional quadriplegia
Complete immobility due to severe physical disability or frailty
Excludes: hysterical paralysis (300.11)
immobility syndrome (728.3)
neurologic quadriplegia (344.00-344.09)
quadriplegia NOS (344.00)
780.79 Other malaise and fatigue
Asthenia NOS
Lethargy
Postviral (asthenic) syndrome
Tiredness
780.8 Generalized hyperhidrosis
Diaphoresis
Excessive sweating
Secondary hyperhidrosis
Excludes: focal (localized) (primary) (secondary) hyperhidrosis (705.21-705.22)
Frey's syndrome (705.22)
780.9 Other general symptoms
Excludes: hypothermia:
NOS (accidental) (991.6)
due to anesthesia (995.89)
of newborn (778.2-778.3)
memory disturbance as part of a pattern of mental disorder
780.91 Fussy infant (baby)
780.92 Excessive crying of infant (baby)
Excludes: excessive crying of child, adolescent or adult (780.95)
Amnesia (retrograde)
Memory loss NOS
Excludes: memory loss due to:
intracranial injuries (850.0-854.19)
skull fractures (800.00-801.99, 803.00-804.99)
mild memory disturbance due to organic brain damage (310.89)
transient global amnesia (437.7)
780.95 Excessive crying of child, adolescent, or adult
Excludes: excessive crying of infant (baby) (780.92)
Pain NOS
780.97 Altered mental status
Change in mental status
Excludes: altered level of consciousness (780.01-780.09)
altered mental status due to known condition - code to condition
delirium NOS (780.09)
780.99 Other general symptoms
781 Symptoms involving nervous and musculoskeletal systems (ICD 9 CM Codes)
Excludes: depression NOS (311)
disorders specifically relating to:
back (724.0-724.9)
hearing (388.0-389.9)
joint (718.0-719.9)
limb (729.0-729.9)
neck (723.0-723.9)
vision (368.0-369.9)
pain in limb (729.5)
781.0 Abnormal involuntary movements
Abnormal head movements
Fasciculation
Spasms NOS
Tremor NOS
Excludes: abnormal reflex (796.1)
chorea NOS (333.5)
infantile spasms (345.60-345.61)
spastic paralysis (342.1, 343.0-344.9)
specified movement disorders classifiable to 333 (333.0-333.9)
that of nonorganic origin (307.2-307.3)
781.1 Disturbances of sensation of smell and taste
Anosmia
Parageusia
Parosmia
781.2 Abnormality of gait
Gait:
ataxic
paralytic
spastic
staggering
Excludes: ataxia:
NOS (781.3)
difficulty in walking (719.7)
locomotor (progressive) (094.0)
781.3 Lack of coordination
Ataxia NOS
Muscular incoordination
Excludes: ataxic gait (781.2)
cerebellar ataxia (334.0-334.9)
difficulty in walking (719.7)
vertigo NOS (780.4)
781.4 Transient paralysis of limb
Monoplegia, transient NOS
Excludes: paralysis (342.0-344.9)
781.5 Clubbing of fingers
Dupre's syndrome
Meningism
Carpopedal spasm
Excludes: tetanus neonatorum (771.3)
tetany:
hysterical (300.11)
newborn (hypocalcemic) (775.4)
parathyroid (252.1)
psychogenic (306.0)
781.8 Neurologic neglect syndrome
Asomatognosia
Hemi-akinesia
Hemi-inattention
Hemispatial neglect
Left-sided neglect
Sensory extinction
Sensory neglect
Visuospatial neglect
Excludes: visuospatial deficit (799.53)
781.9 Other symptoms involving nervous and musculoskeletal systems
Excludes: osteoporosis (733.00-733.09)
781.93 Ocular torticollis
Facial droop
Excludes: facial weakness due to late effect of cerebrovascular accident (438.83)
781.99 Other symptoms involving nervous and musculoskeletal systems
782 Symptoms involving skin and other integumentary tissue (ICD 9 CM Codes)
Excludes: symptoms relating to breast (611.71-611.79)
782.0 Disturbance of skin sensation
Anesthesia of skin
Burning or prickling sensation
Hyperesthesia
Hypoesthesia
Numbness
Paresthesia
Tingling
782.1 Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption
Exanthem
Excludes: vesicular eruption (709.8)
782.2 Localized superficial swelling, mass, or lump
Subcutaneous nodules
Excludes: localized adiposity (278.1)
Anasarca
Dropsy
Localized edema NOS
Excludes: ascites (789.51-789.59)
edema of:
newborn NOS (778.5)
pregnancy (642.0-642.9, 646.1)
fluid retention (276.69)
hydrops fetalis (773.3, 778.0)
hydrothorax (511.81-511.89)
nutritional edema (260, 262)
782.4 Jaundice, unspecified, not of newborn
Cholemia NOS
Icterus NOS
Excludes: jaundice in newborn (774.0-774.7)
due to isoimmunization (773.0-773.2, 773.4)
Excludes: newborn (770.83)
782.6 Pallor and flushing
Excessive blushing
782.7 Spontaneous ecchymoses
Petechiae
Excludes: ecchymosis in fetus or newborn (772.6)
purpura (287.0-287.9)
782.8 Changes in skin texture
Induration of skin
Thickening of skin
782.9 Other symptoms involving skin and integumentary tissues
783 Symptoms concerning nutrition, metabolism, and development (ICD 9 CM Codes)
Loss of appetite
Excludes: anorexia nervosa (307.1)
loss of appetite of nonorganic origin (307.59)
783.1 Abnormal weight gain
Excludes: excessive weight gain in pregnancy (646.1)
obesity (278.00)
morbid (278.01)
783.2 Abnormal loss of weight and underweight
Use additional code to identify Body Mass Index (BMI), if known (V85.0-V85.54)
783.3 Feeding difficulties and mismanagement
Feeding problem (elderly) (infant)
Excludes: feeding disturbance or problems:
in newborn (779.31-779.34)
of nonorganic origin (307.50-307.59)
783.4 Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
Excludes: delay in sexual development and puberty (259.0)
gonadal dysgenesis (758.6)
pituitary dwarfism (253.3)
slow fetal growth and fetal malnutrition (764.00-764.99)
specific delays in mental development (315.0-315.9)
783.40 Lack of normal physiological development, unspecified
Inadequate development
Lack of development
Failure to gain weight
Excludes: failure to thrive in newborn (779.34)
783.42 Delayed milestones
Late talker
Late walker
Growth failure
Growth retardation
Lack of growth
Physical retardation
Excessive thirst
Excessive eating
Hyperalimentation NOS
Excludes: disorders of eating of nonorganic origin (307.50-307.59)
783.7 Adult failure to thrive
783.9 Other symptoms concerning nutrition, metabolism, and development
Hypometabolism
Excludes: abnormal basal metabolic rate (794.7)
dehydration (276.51)
other disorders of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance (276.0-276.9)
784 Symptoms involving head and neck (ICD 9 CM Codes)
Excludes: encephalopathy NOS (348.30)
specific symptoms involving neck classifiable to 723 (723.0-723.9)
Facial pain
Pain in head NOS
Excludes: atypical face pain (350.2)
migraine (346.0-346.9)
tension headache (307.81)
Excludes: dysphagia (787.20-787.29)
neck pain (723.1)
sore throat (462)
chronic (472.1)
784.2 Swelling, mass, or lump in head and neck
Space-occupying lesion, intracranial NOS
Excludes: aphasia due to late effects of cerebrovascular disease (438.11)
developmental aphasia (315.31)
784.4 Voice and resonance disorders
784.40 Voice disturbance, and resonance disorder, unspecified
Loss of voice
Hoarseness
784.49 Other voice and resonance disorders
Change in voice
784.5 Other speech disturbance
Excludes: speech disorder due to late effect of cerebrovascular accident (438.10-438.19)
stuttering (315.35)
Excludes: dysarthria due to late effect of cerebrovascular accident (438.13)
784.52 Fluency disorder in conditions classified elsewhere
Stuttering in conditions classified elsewhere
Code first underlying disease or condition, such as:
Parkinson's disease (332.0)
Excludes: adult onset fluency disorder (307.0)
childhood onset fluency disorder (315.35)
fluency disorder due to late effect of cerebrovascular accident (438.14)
784.59 Other speech disturbance
Dysphasia
Slurred speech
Speech disturbance NOS
784.6 Other symbolic dysfunction
Excludes: developmental learning delays (315.0-315.9)
784.60 Symbolic dysfunction, unspecified
784.61 Alexia and dyslexia
Alexia (with agraphia)
Acalculia
Agnosia
Agraphia NOS
Apraxia
Hemorrhage from nose
Nosebleed
784.8 Hemorrhage from throat
Excludes: hemoptysis (786.30-786.39)
784.9 Other symptoms involving head and neck
Mandibular pain
Maxilla pain
Excludes: temporomandibular joint arthralgia (524.62)
784.99 Other symptoms involving head and neck
Choking sensation
Feeling of foreign body in throat
Halitosis
Mouth breathing
Sneezing
Excludes: foreign body in throat (933.0)
785 Symptoms involving cardiovascular system (ICD 9 CM Codes)
Excludes: heart failure NOS (428.9)
785.0 Tachycardia, unspecified
Rapid heart beat
Excludes: neonatal tachycardia (779.82)
paroxysmal tachycardia (427.0-427.2)
Awareness of heart beat
Excludes: specified dysrhythmias (427.0-427.9)
785.2 Undiagnosed cardiac murmurs
Heart murmur NOS
785.3 Other abnormal heart sounds
Cardiac dullness, increased or decreased
Friction fremitus, cardiac
Precordial friction
Gangrene:
NOS
spreading cutaneous
Gangrenous cellulitis
Phagedena
Code first any associated underlying condition
Excludes: gangrene of certain sites - see Alphabetic Index
gangrene with atherosclerosis of the extremities (440.24)
gas gangrene (040.0)
785.5 Shock without mention of trauma
785.50 Shock, unspecified
Failure of peripheral circulation
endotoxic
gram-negative
Code first underlying infection
Use additional code, if applicable, to identify systemic inflammatory response syndrome due to infectious process with organ dysfunction (995.92)
Shock:
hypovolemic
Excludes: shock (due to):
anesthetic (995.4)
anaphylactic (995.0)
due to serum (999.41-999.49)
electric (994.8)
following abortion (639.5)
lightning (994.0)
obstetrical (669.1)
postoperative (998.00-998.09)
traumatic (958.4)
785.6 Enlargement of lymph nodes
Lymphadenopathy
"Swollen glands"
Excludes: lymphadenitis (chronic) (289.1-289.3)
acute (683)
785.9 Other symptoms involving cardiovascular system
Bruit (arterial)
Weak pulse
786 Symptoms involving respiratory system and other chest symptoms (ICD 9 CM Codes)
786.0 Dyspnea and respiratory abnormalities
786.00 Respiratory abnormality, unspecified
Excludes: hyperventilation, psychogenic (306.1)
Excludes: apnea of newborn (770.81, 770.82)
sleep apnea (780.51, 780.53, 780.57)
786.04 Cheyne-Stokes respiration
786.05 Shortness of breath
Excludes: transitory tachypnea of newborn (770.6)
Excludes: asthma (493.00-493.92)
Respiratory:
distress
insufficiency
Excludes: respiratory distress:
following trauma and surgery (518.52)
newborn (770.89)
syndrome (newborn) (769)
adult (518.52)
respiratory failure (518.81, 518.83-518.84)
newborn (770.84)
Excludes: congenital laryngeal stridor (748.3)
Excludes: cough:
psychogenic (306.1)
smokers' (491.0)
with hemorrhage (786.39)
786.30 Hemoptysis, unspecified
Pulmonary hemorrhage NOS
786.31 Acute idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage in infants [AIPHI]
Acute idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage in infant over 28 days old
Excludes: pulmonary hemorrhage of newborn under 28 days old (770.3)
von Willebrand's disease (286.4)
Cough with hemorrhage
Abnormal:
amount of sputum
color of sputum
odor of sputum
Excessive sputum
786.50 Chest pain, unspecified
786.52 Painful respiration
Pain:
anterior chest wall
pleuritic
Pleurodynia
Excludes: epidemic pleurodynia (074.1)
Discomfort in chest
Pressure in chest
Tightness in chest
Excludes: pain in breast (611.71)
786.6 Swelling, mass, or lump in chest
Excludes: lump in breast (611.72)
786.7 Abnormal chest sounds
Abnormal percussion, chest
Friction sounds, chest
Rales
Tympany, chest
Excludes: wheezing (786.07)
Excludes: psychogenic hiccough (306.1)
786.9 Other symptoms involving respiratory system and chest
Breath-holding spell
787 Symptoms involving digestive system (ICD 9 CM Codes)
Excludes: constipation (564.0-564.9)
pylorospasm (537.81)
congenital (750.5)
787.0 Nausea and vomiting
Emesis
Excludes: hematemesis NOS (578.0)
vomiting:
bilious, following gastrointestinal surgery (564.3)
cyclical (536.2)
associated with migraine (346.2)
fecal matter (569.87)
psychogenic (306.4)
excessive, in pregnancy (643.0-643.9)
habit (536.2)
of newborn (779.32, 779.33)
persistent (536.2)
psychogenic NOS (307.54)
787.01 Nausea with vomiting
Bilious vomiting
Excludes: bilious emesis (vomiting) in newborn (779.32)
Pyrosis
Waterbrash
Excludes: dyspepsia or indigestion (536.8)
Code first, if applicable, dysphagia due to late effect of cerebrovascular accident (438.82)
787.20 Dysphagia, unspecified
Difficulty in swallowing NOS
787.21 Dysphagia, oral phase
787.22 Dysphagia, oropharyngeal phase
787.23 Dysphagia, pharyngeal phase
787.24 Dysphagia, pharyngoesophageal phase
Cervical dysphagia
Neurogenic dysphagia
787.3 Flatulence, eructation, and gas pain
Abdominal distention (gaseous)
Bloating
Tympanites (abdominal) (intestinal)
Excludes: aerophagy (306.4)
787.4 Visible peristalsis
Hyperperistalsis
787.5 Abnormal bowel sounds
Absent bowel sounds
Hyperactive bowel sounds
787.6 Incontinence of feces
Encopresis NOS
Incontinence of sphincter ani
Excludes: that of nonorganic origin (307.7)
787.60 Full incontinence of feces
Fecal incontinence NOS
787.61 Incomplete defecation
Excludes: constipation (564.00-564.09)
fecal impaction (560.32)
Fecal soiling
Bulky stools
Excludes: abnormal stool content (792.1)
melena:
NOS (578.1)
newborn (772.4, 777.3)
787.9 Other symptoms involving digestive system
Excludes: gastrointestinal hemorrhage (578.0-578.9)
intestinal obstruction (560.0-560.9)
specific functional digestive disorders:
esophagus (530.0-530.9)
stomach and duodenum (536.0-536.9)
those not elsewhere classified (564.0-564.9)
Diarrhea NOS
Change in bowel habits
Tenesmus (rectal)
788 Symptoms involving urinary system (ICD 9 CM Codes)
Excludes: hematuria (599.70-599.72)
nonspecific findings on examination of the urine (791.0-791.9)
small kidney of unknown cause (589.0-589.9)
uremia NOS (586)
urinary obstruction (599.60, 599.69)
Colic (recurrent) of:
kidney
ureter
Painful urination
Strangury
Code first, if applicable, hyperplasia of prostate (600.0-600.9 with fifth-digit 1)
788.20 Retention of urine, unspecified
788.21 Incomplete bladder emptying
788.29 Other specified retention of urine
788.3 Urinary incontinence
Excludes: functional urinary incontinence (788.91)
that of nonorganic origin (307.6)
urinary incontinence associated with cognitive impairment (788.91)
Code, if applicable, any causal condition first, such as:
congenital ureterocele (753.23)
genital prolapse (618.00-618.9)
hyperplasia of prostate (600.0-600.9 with fifth-digit 1)
788.30 Urinary incontinence, unspecified
Enuresis NOS
788.32 Stress incontinence, male
Excludes: stress incontinence, female (625.6)
788.33 Mixed incontinence (female) (male)
Urge and stress
788.34 Incontinence without sensory awareness
788.35 Post-void dribbling
788.36 Nocturnal enuresis
788.37 Continuous leakage
788.38 Overflow incontinence
788.39 Other urinary incontinence
788.4 Frequency of urination and polyuria
Code first, if applicable, hyperplasia of prostate (600.0-600.9 with fifth-digit 1)
Frequency of micturition
788.5 Oliguria and anuria
Deficient secretion of urine
Suppression of urinary secretion
Excludes: that complicating:
abortion (634-638 with.3, 639.3)
ectopic or molar pregnancy (639.3)
pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperium (642.0-642.9, 646.2)
788.6 Other abnormality of urination
Code first, if applicable, hyperplasia of prostate (600.0-600.9 with fifth-digit 1)
788.61 Splitting of urinary stream
Intermittent urinary stream
788.62 Slowing of urinary stream
Weak stream
788.63 Urgency of urination
Excludes: urge incontinence (788.31, 788.33)
788.65 Straining on urination
Penile discharge
Urethrorrhea
788.8 Extravasation of urine
788.9 Other symptoms involving urinary system
788.91 Functional urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence due to cognitive impairment, or severe physical disability or immobility
Excludes: urinary incontinence due to physiologic condition (788.30-788.39)
788.99 Other symptoms involving urinary system
Extrarenal uremia
Vesical:
pain
tenesmus
789 Other symptoms involving abdomen and pelvis (ICD 9 CM Codes)
The following fifth-digit subclassification is to be used for codes 789.0, 789.3, 789.4, 789.6
0 unspecified site
1 right upper quadrant
2 left upper quadrant
3 right lower quadrant
4 left lower quadrant
5 periumbilic
6 epigastric
7 generalized
9 other specified site
multiple sites
Excludes: symptoms referable to genital organs:
female (625.0-625.9)
male (607.0-608.9)
psychogenic (302.70-302.79)
[0-7,9]
Cramps, abdominal
Enlargement of liver
Enlargement of spleen
789.3 Abdominal or pelvic swelling, mass, or lump
[0-7,9]
Diffuse or generalized swelling or mass:
abdominal NOS
umbilical
Excludes: abdominal distention (gaseous) (787.3)
ascites (789.51-789.59)
[0-7,9]
Fluid in peritoneal cavity
Code first malignancy, such as:
malignant neoplasm of ovary (183.0)
secondary malignant neoplasm of retroperitoneum and peritoneum (197.6)
789.6 Abdominal tenderness
[0-7,9]
Rebound tenderness
Colic NOS
Infantile colic
Excludes: colic in adult and child over 12 months old (789.0)
renal colic (788.0)
789.9 Other symptoms involving abdomen and pelvis
Umbilical:
bleeding
discharge
(ICD 9 CM Codes)