ICD-9-CM 243
CMS Source: final ICD-9-CM release (version date October 1, 2014). Retired from U.S. claims after September 30, 2015.FacebookXLinkedInPrint

243 is a legacy ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for congenital hypothyroidism. It was valid on U.S. claims through September 30, 2015 and cannot be reported for services on or after October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM replaced the ICD-9 code set. Under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings, its ICD-10-CM replacement is E00.9 (Congenital iodine-deficiency syndrome, unspecified), flagged as an approximate match.

Code Identity

ICD-9-CM Code
243
Valid for Submission
No — Legacy Code
Code Describes
Congenital hypothyroidism
Short Description
Congenital hypothyroidsm
Parent Block
243 Congenital hypothyroidism
ICD-10-CM Replacement
E00.9 (approximate)

Convert 243 to ICD-10-CM

Based on the final CMS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs), 243 crosswalks to the following ICD-10-CM code.

ICD-10-CM
E00.9 Congenital iodine-deficiency syndrome, unspecified
Approximate The match is approximate rather than exact.

Index of Diseases References

Entries in the final ICD-9-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that point to 243. Tap the icons for the official index conventions.

  • Absence organ or part complete or partial
    • thyroid gland surgical 246.8
      • congenital 243
  • Agenesis SEE ALSO Absence by site congenital
    • thyroid gland 243
  • Aplasia SEE ALSO Agenesis
    • thyroid 243
  • Athyrea acquired SEE ALSO Hypothyroidism 244.9
    • congenital 243
  • Athyreosis congenital 243
    • acquired see Hypothyroidism
  • Athyroidism acquired SEE ALSO Hypothyroidism 244.9
    • congenital 243
  • Atrophy atrophic
    • thyroid gland 246.8
      • with
        • cretinism 243
      • congenital 243
  • Cretin cretinism athyrotic congenital endemic metabolic nongoitrous sporadic 243
    • pelvis dwarf type male type 243
      • with disproportion fetopelvic 653.1
        • affecting fetus or newborn 763.1
        • causing obstructed labor 660.1
          • affecting fetus or newborn 763.1
  • Cretinoid degeneration 243
  • Deaf mutism acquired congenital NEC 389.7
    • endemic 243
  • Degeneration degenerative
    • cretinoid 243
  • Goiter adolescent colloid diffuse dipping due to iodine deficiency endemic euthyroid heart hyperplastic internal intrathoracic juvenile mixed type nonendemic parenchymatous plunging sporadic subclavicular substernal 240.9
    • familial with deaf mutism 243
  • Hypoplasia hypoplasis 759.89
    • thyroid gland 243
  • Hypothyroidism acquired 244.9
    • congenital 243
  • Insufficiency insufficient
    • thyroid gland acquired SEE ALSO Hypothyroidism
      • congenital 243
  • Jaundice yellow 782.4
    • fetus or newborn 774.6
      • due to or associated with
        • hypothyroidism congenital 243 774.31
  • Myxedema adult idiocy infantile juvenile thyroid gland SEE ALSO Hypothyroidism 244.9
    • congenital 243
  • Pendred s syndrome familial goiter with deaf mutism 243
  • Subthyroidism acquired SEE ALSO Hypothyroidism 244.9
    • congenital 243
  • Syndrome SEE ALSO Disease
    • Pendred s familial goiter with deaf mutism 243
    • retroviral seroconversion acute V08
  • Tumor M8000 1 SEE ALSO Neoplasm by site unspecified nature
    • mucocarcinoid malignant M8243 3 see Neoplasm by site malignant

Information for Patients

Hypothyroidism

Hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid, happens when your thyroid gland doesn't make enough thyroid hormones to meet your body's needs.

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Questions About 243

Is 243 (congenital hypothyroidism) still a valid code?

No. This code belonged to ICD-9-CM, which the United States retired after September 30, 2015. Claims with dates of service on or after October 1, 2015 must use ICD-10-CM codes, such as its replacement E00.9.

What is the ICD-10 replacement for 243?

The General Equivalence Mappings crosswalk this code to ICD-10-CM E00.9 (Congenital iodine-deficiency syndrome, unspecified). The match is flagged as approximate, so confirm it against the clinical documentation before use.

What did 243 mean?

In the final ICD-9-CM release, this code described congenital hypothyroidism. It sat in block 243 Congenital hypothyroidism under Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279).