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2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 446.2

Hypersensitivity angiitis

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  • Heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by a vasculitic syndrome presumed to be associated with a hypersensitivity reaction following exposure to an antigen such as an infectious agent, a drug, or other foreign or endogenous substance (Wilson et al, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 12th ed, p1459).
  • 446.2 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 446.* hierarchy

446.2 Excludes

  • antiglomerular basement membrane disease without pulmonary hemorrhage (583.89)