462Acute pharyngitis
- Legacy / Not Valid for Submission
- Replaced October 1, 2015
462 is a legacy ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for acute pharyngitis. 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 J02.9 (Acute pharyngitis, unspecified), flagged as an approximate match.
Code Identity
Convert 462 to ICD-10-CM
Based on the final CMS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs), 462 crosswalks to the following ICD-10-CM code.
Index of Diseases References
Entries in the final ICD-9-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that point to 462. Tap the icons for the official index conventions.
- Adenopharyngitis 462
- Angina attack cardiac chest effort heart pectoris syndrome vasomotor 413.9
- catarrhal 462
- erythematous 462
- gangrenous 462
- diphtheritic 032.0
- infectious 462
- malignant 462
- diphtheritic 032.0
- simple 462
- staphylococcal 462
- Catarrh catarrhal inflammation SEE ALSO condition 460
- fauces SEE ALSO Pharyngitis 462
- Gangrene gangrenous anemia artery cellulitis dermatitis dry infective moist pemphigus septic skin stasis ulcer 785.4
- angina 462
- diphtheritic 032.0
- pharynx 462
- septic 034.0
- sore throat 462
- throat 462
- diphtheritic 032.0
- angina 462
- Hypopharyngitis 462
- Infection infected infective opportunistic 136.9
- pharynx 478.29
- phlegmonous 462
- throat 478.29
- pneumococcal 462
- staphylococcal 462
- viral NEC SEE ALSO Pharyngitis 462
- pharynx 478.29
- Inflammation inflamed inflammatory with exudation
- throat SEE ALSO Sore throat 462
- NEC rosis NEC rotic
- pharynx 462
- in granulocytopenia 288.09
- pharynx 462
- Pharyngitis acute catarrhal gangrenous infective malignant membranous phlegmonous pneumococcal pseudomembranous simple staphylococcal subacute suppurative ulcerative viral 462
- with influenza flu or grippe SEE ALSO Influenza 487.1
- aphthous 074.0
- atrophic 472.1
- chlamydial 099.51
- chronic 472.1
- Coxsackie virus 074.0
- diphtheritic membranous 032.0
- follicular 472.1
- fusospirochetal 101
- gonococcal 098.6
- granular chronic 472.1
- herpetic 054.79
- hypertrophic 472.1
- infectional chronic 472.1
- influenzal SEE ALSO Influenza 487.1
- lymphonodular acute 074.8
- septic 034.0
- streptococcal 034.0
- tuberculous SEE ALSO Tuberculosis 012.8
- vesicular 074.0
- Sore
- throat 462
- with influenza flu or grippe SEE ALSO Influenza 487.1
- acute 462
- chronic 472.1
- clergyman s 784.49
- Coxsackie virus 074.0
- diphtheritic 032.0
- epidemic 034.0
- gangrenous 462
- herpetic 054.79
- influenzal SEE ALSO Influenza 487.1
- malignant 462
- purulent 462
- putrid 462
- septic 034.0
- streptococcal ulcerative 034.0
- ulcerated 462
- viral NEC 462
- Coxsackie 074.0
- throat 462
Information for Patients
Sore Throat
Your throat is a tube that carries food to your esophagus and air to your windpipe and larynx (also called the voice box). The technical name for the throat is pharynx.
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Questions About 462
Is 462 (acute pharyngitis) 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 J02.9.
What is the ICD-10 replacement for 462?
The General Equivalence Mappings crosswalk this code to ICD-10-CM J02.9 (Acute pharyngitis, unspecified). The match is flagged as approximate, so confirm it against the clinical documentation before use.
What did 462 mean?
In the final ICD-9-CM release, this code described acute pharyngitis. It sat in block 462 Acute pharyngitis under Diseases of the respiratory system (460–519).
