ICD-9-CM 460
CMS Source: final ICD-9-CM release (version date October 1, 2014). Retired from U.S. claims after September 30, 2015.FacebookXLinkedInPrint

460 is a legacy ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]. 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 J00 (Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]), flagged as a direct match.

Code Identity

ICD-9-CM Code
460
Valid for Submission
No — Legacy Code
Code Describes
Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]
Short Description
Acute nasopharyngitis
Parent Block
460 Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]
ICD-10-CM Replacement

Convert 460 to ICD-10-CM

Based on the final CMS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs), 460 crosswalks to the following ICD-10-CM code.

ICD-10-CM
J00 Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]
Exact Match The mapping is direct, with no qualifiers.

Index of Diseases References

Entries in the final ICD-9-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that point to 460. Tap the icons for the official index conventions.

  • Adenocarcinoma M8140 3 SEE ALSO Neoplasm by site malignant
    • papillary M8260 3
      • serous M8460 3
        • specified site see Neoplasm by site malignant
  • Adenoma sessile M8140 0 SEE ALSO Neoplasm by site benign
    • tubular M8211 0 SEE ALSO Neoplasm by site benign
      • papillary M8460 3
  • Carcinoma M8010 3 SEE ALSO Neoplasm by site malignant
    • papillary M8050 3
      • serous M8460 3
        • specified site see Neoplasm by site malignant
        • surface M8461 3
          • specified site see Neoplasm by site malignant
    • serous M8441 3
      • papillary M8460 3
        • specified site see Neoplasm by site malignant
  • Catarrh catarrhal inflammation SEE ALSO condition 460
    • acute 460
    • asthma asthmatic SEE ALSO Asthma 493.9
    • Bostock s SEE ALSO Fever hay 477.9
    • bowel see Enteritis
    • cervix cervical canal uteri see Cervicitis
    • chest SEE ALSO Bronchitis 490
    • enteric see Enteritis
    • epidemic SEE ALSO Influenza 487.1
    • fauces SEE ALSO Pharyngitis 462
    • febrile 460
    • gastroenteric see Enteritis
    • gastrointestinal see Enteritis
    • hay SEE ALSO Fever hay 477.9
    • infectious 460
    • intestinal see Enteritis
    • larynx SEE ALSO Laryngitis chronic 476.0
    • lung SEE ALSO Bronchitis 490
    • middle ear chronic see Otitis media chronic
    • nasal chronic SEE ALSO Rhinitis 472.0
      • acute 460
    • nasopharyngeal chronic 472.2
      • acute 460
    • nose see Catarrh nasal
    • pulmonary SEE ALSO Bronchitis 490
    • suffocating SEE ALSO Asthma 493.9
    • summer hay SEE ALSO Fever hay 477.9
    • tubotympanal 381.4
      • acute SEE ALSO Otitis media acute nonsuppurative 381.00
    • vasomotor SEE ALSO Fever hay 477.9
    • vesical bladder see Cystitis
  • Cold 460
    • with influenza flu or grippe SEE ALSO Influenza 487.1
    • abscess SEE ALSO Tuberculosis abscess
      • articular see Tuberculosis joint
    • agglutinin
      • disease chronic or syndrome 283.0
      • hemoglobinuria 283.0
        • paroxysmal cold nocturnal 283.2
    • allergic SEE ALSO Fever hay 477.9
    • bronchus or chest see Bronchitis
      • with grippe or influenza SEE ALSO Influenza 487.1
    • common head 460
      • vaccination prophylactic against V04.7
    • grippy SEE ALSO Influenza 487.1
    • head 460
    • injury syndrome newborn 778.2
    • on lung see Bronchitis
    • sensitivity autoimmune 283.0
    • virus 460
  • Colic recurrent 789.7
    • virus 460
  • Common
    • cold head 460
      • vaccination prophylactic against V04.7
  • Coryza acute 460
    • with grippe or influenza SEE ALSO Influenza 487.1
  • Cystadenocarcinoma M8440 3 SEE ALSO Neoplasm by site malignant
    • papillary M8450 3
      • serous M8460 3
        • specified site see Neoplasm by site malignant
    • serous M8441 3
      • papillary M8460 3
        • specified site see Neoplasm by site malignant
  • Cystadenoma M8440 0 SEE ALSO Neoplasm by site benign
    • papillary M8450 0
      • serous M8460 0
        • borderline malignancy M8460 1
          • specified site see Neoplasm by site uncertain behavior
        • specified site see Neoplasm by site benign
        • unspecified site 220
    • serous M8441 0
      • papillary M8460 0
        • borderline malignancy M8460 1
          • specified site see Neoplasm by site uncertain behavior
        • specified site see Neoplasm by site benign
        • unspecified site 220
  • Drip postnasal chronic 784.91
    • due to
      • common cold 460
  • Epipharyngitis SEE ALSO Nasopharyngitis 460
  • Infection infected infective opportunistic 136.9
    • nasopharynx chronic 478.29
      • acute 460
    • respiratory 519.8
      • rhinovirus 460
  • Inflammation inflamed inflammatory with exudation
    • catarrhal SEE ALSO Catarrh 460
  • Nasopharyngitis acute infective subacute 460
    • chronic 472.2
      • due to external agent see Condition respiratory chronic due to
    • due to external agent see Condition respiratory due to
    • suppurative chronic 472.2
  • Oligodendroblastoma M9460 3
    • specified site see Neoplasm by site malignant
  • Rhinitis atrophic catarrhal chronic croupous fibrinous hyperplastic hypertrophic membranous purulent suppurative ulcerative 472.0
    • acute 460
    • infective 460
    • pneumococcal 460
  • Rhinopharyngitis acute subacute SEE ALSO Nasopharyngitis 460
    • destructive ulcerating 102.5
  • Snuffles nonsyphilitic 460

Information for Patients

Common Cold

Sneezing, sore throat, a stuffy nose, coughing - everyone knows the symptoms of the common cold. It is probably the most common illness. In the course of a year, people in the United States suffer 1 billion colds.

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Questions About 460

Is 460 (acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]) 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 J00.

What is the ICD-10 replacement for 460?

The General Equivalence Mappings crosswalk this code directly to ICD-10-CM J00 (Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]), a one-to-one match.

What did 460 mean?

In the final ICD-9-CM release, this code described acute nasopharyngitis [common cold]. It sat in block 460 Acute nasopharyngitis [common cold] under Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519).