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ICD-9-CM
462

ICD-9-CM Code 462

Official Description

Acute pharyngitis
Acute sore throat NOS
Pharyngitis (acute):

NOS, gangrenous, infective, phlegmonous, pneumococcal, staphylococcal, suppurative, ulcerative
Sore throat (viral) NOS
Viral pharyngitis
Excludes: abscess:
peritonsillar [quinsy] (475), pharyngeal NOS (478.29), retropharyngeal (478.24)
chronic pharyngitis (472.1 infectious mononucleosis (075)
that specified as (due to):
Coxsackie (virus) (074.0), gonococcus (098.6), herpes simplex (054.79), influenza (487.1, 488.02, 488.12), septic (034.0), streptococcal 034.0)
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