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Jul 7th, 2009 - tpore
ICD-9 for afebrile
I'm a coder at a state/local health department, we have clinics in the area schools. I'm having a problem finding an ICD-9 to use when our nurses have a child sent to them by a teacher for a suspected fever. The child is afebrile, with no other symptoms, the nurse has hx and mdm so could code a visit but I haven't found an Icd-9 to cover this. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
T
Jul 7th, 2009 - nmaguire 2,606
suspected condition, not found
look at V71.89
Jul 8th, 2009 -
ICD-9 Afebrile
Thank you for your response, that will work perfectly!