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 Therefore, this code may be out of date.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 021 can be accessed here.
A plague-like disease of rodents, transmissible to man. It is caused by FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS and is characterized by fever, chills, headache, backache, and weakness.
021 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis
2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 021
On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.