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R50.2 – Drug induced fever

Overview

Coding Notes

Active
Billable, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Additional

code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Type 1 Excludes

postvaccination (postimmunization) fever (R50.83)

GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

Fs: 10111 – Fever, unspecified
Fs: 10112 – Unspecified drug or medicinal substance causing adverse effects in therapeutic use

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

FEVER AND INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Drug
induced fever R50.2
Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) R50.9
drug induced R50.2
iodide R50.2
steroid R50.2
Steroid
effects (adverse) (adrenocortical) (iatrogenic)
fever R50.2

Sibling Codes

Other specified fever
Fever, unspecified

Parent Sibling Codes

Fever of other and unknown origin
Headache
Pain, unspecified
Malaise and fatigue
Age-related physical debility
Syncope and collapse
Convulsions, not elsewhere classified
Shock, not elsewhere classified
Hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified
Enlarged lymph nodes

View in Tabular

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
R50.2 Drug induced fever
Use Additional
code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Type 1 Excludes
postvaccination (postimmunization) fever (R50.83)