ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
E03.9 Hypothyroidism, unspecified
BillableValid for claims as a specific diagnosis code
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Coding notes for E03.9
Applicable to Other names for conditions reported with this code.
- Myxedema NOS
Also applies, from E03 Other hypothyroidism
Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).
Chapter 4 notes (apply to every code in it)
Note
- All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.
Related codes in E03
- E03.0 Congenital hypothyroidism with diffuse goiterBillable
- E03.1 Congenital hypothyroidism without goiterBillable
- E03.2 Hypothyroidism due to medicaments and other exogenous substancesBillable
- E03.3 Postinfectious hypothyroidismBillable
- E03.4 Atrophy of thyroid (acquired)Billable
- E03.5 Myxedema comaBillable
- E03.8 Other specified hypothyroidismBillable
Latest research on hypothyroidism
- Vegetarianism may be associated with a small increased risk of hypothyroidism
- Levothyroxine supplementation in pregnancy not linked to prematurity risk
- Levothyroxine does not improve heart transplantation rates in brain-dead donors
- #VisualAbstract: Intravenous Levothyroxine Does Not Increase the Number of Heart Transplants in Unstable Brain-Dead Potential Heart Donors
- Levothyroxine not effective for treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism symptoms in geriatric patients
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