2007 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases, And Immunity Disorders 240-279 > Other Metabolic Disorders And Immunity Disorders 270-279 > Disorders Involving The Immune Mechanism 279.* >
 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 279.4
Autoimmune disease not elsewhere classified 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 Therefore, this code may be out of date.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 279.4 can be accessed here. - A condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them.
- A disorder resulting from loss of function or tissue destruction of an organ or multiple organs, arising from humoral or cellular immune responses of the individual to his own tissue constituents. It may be systemic (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus), or organ specific, (e.g., thyroiditis). -- 2003
- Disorders that are characterized by the production of antibodies that react with host tissues or immune effector cells that are autoreactive to endogenous peptides.
- 279.4 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 279.4 contains 4 index entries
- View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 279.* hierarchy
279.4 also known as: 279.4 excludes:
Index entries containing 279.4:- Autoimmune
- disease NEC
 279.4
Deficiency, deficient- interferon 279.4
Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome- autoimmune NEC 279.4
Disorder - see also Disease- autoimmune NEC 279.4
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