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2007 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Infectious And Parasitic Diseases 001-139 > Viral Diseases Accompanied By Exanthem 050-057 >

2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 055

Measles

 On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.

The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 055 can be accessed here.

  • A highly contagious infectious disease caused by MORBILLIVIRUS, common among children but also seen in the nonimmune of any age, in which the virus enters the respiratory tract via droplet nuclei and multiplies in the epithelial cells, spreading throughout the reticuloendothelial system. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
  • 055 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis

055 includes:

  • morbilli
  • rubeola