R50 – Fever of other and unknown origin
Coding Notes
Active
Non-billable / Non-specific, not valid for HIPAA-covered transactions
Type 1 Excludes
chills without fever (R68.83)
febrile convulsions (R56.0-)
fever of unknown origin during labor (O75.2)
fever of unknown origin in newborn (P81.9)
hypothermia due to illness (R68.0)
malignant hyperthermia due to anesthesia (T88.3)
puerperal pyrexia NOS (O86.4)
Child Codes
Sibling Codes
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| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| R00-R99 | Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) |
| R50-R69 | General symptoms and signs (R50-R69) |
| R50 |
Fever of other and unknown origin
Type 1 Excludes
chills without fever (R68.83)
febrile convulsions (R56.0-)
fever of unknown origin during labor (O75.2)
fever of unknown origin in newborn (P81.9)
hypothermia due to illness (R68.0)
malignant hyperthermia due to anesthesia (T88.3)
puerperal pyrexia NOS (O86.4)
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| R50.2 | Drug induced fever |
| R50.8 | Other specified fever |
| R50.81 | Fever presenting with conditions classified elsewhere |
| R50.82 | Postprocedural fever |
| R50.83 | Postvaccination fever |
| R50.84 | Febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction |
| R50.9 | Fever, unspecified |