Thyroiditis, unspecified
- E06.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM E06.9 became effective on October 1, 2024.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of E06.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 E06.9 may differ.
The following code(s) above E06.9 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to E06.9:
Approximate Synonyms
- Euthyroid thyroiditis
- Goiter due to thyroiditis
- Hyperthyroidism due to thyroiditis
- Hypothyroidism due to thyroiditis
- Infectious thyroiditis
- Silent thyroiditis
- Thyroiditis
- Thyroiditis (inflammation of thyroid)
- Thyroiditis (inflammation of thyroid) in childbirth
- Thyroiditis (inflammation of thyroid) in pregnancy
- Thyroiditis in childbirth
- Thyroiditis in pregnancy
- Thyroiditis unspecified, with goiter
- Thyroiditis, euthyroid
- Thyroiditis, infectious
- Thyroiditis, painless
Clinical Information
- Inflammation of the thyroid gland
- Inflammation of the thyroid gland.
- Inflammation of the thyroid gland. Thyroiditis may be an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid gland over time, causing hypothyroidism (too little thyroid hormone). A temporary form of thyroiditis may also occur after the birth of a baby, or when viral or bacterial infections spread to the thyroid.
- Inflammatory diseases of the thyroid gland. Thyroiditis can be classified into acute (thyroiditis, suppurative), subacute (granulomatous and lymphocytic), chronic fibrous (riedel’s), chronic lymphocytic (hashimoto disease), transient (postpartum thyroiditis), and other autoimmune thyroiditis subtypes.
ICD-10-CM E06.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):
- 011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with mcc
- 012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy with cc
- 013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses or laryngectomy without cc/mcc
- 643 Endocrine disorders with mcc
- 644 Endocrine disorders with cc
- 645 Endocrine disorders without cc/mcc
Convert E06.9 to ICD-9-CMCode History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
- 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to E06.9:
- Capsulitis (joint) – see also Enthesopathy
- thyroid E06.9
- Thyroiditis E06.9