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2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 052
Chickenpox
  • highly contagious infectious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (Herpesvirus 3); usually affects children, is spread by direct contact or respiratory route via droplet nuclei, and is characterized by the appearance on the skin and mucous membranes of successive crops of typical pruritic vesicular lesions that are easily broken and become scabbed; chickenpox is relatively benign in children, but may be complicated by pneumonia and encephalitis in adults.
2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 052.0
Postvaricella encephalitis
2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 052.1
Varicella (hemorrhagic) pneumonitis
2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 052.7
Chickenpox with other specified complications
2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 052.8
Chickenpox with unspecified complication
2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 052.9
Varicella without complication
  • highly contagious infectious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (Herpesvirus 3); usually affects children, is spread by direct contact or respiratory route via droplet nuclei, and is characterized by the appearance on the skin and mucous membranes of successive crops of typical pruritic vesicular lesions that are easily broken and become scabbed; chickenpox is relatively benign in children, but may be complicated by pneumonia and encephalitis in adults.