Non-specific code 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 045.9
Unspecified acute poliomyelitis
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Applies To
  • Infantile paralysis unspecified whether paralytic or nonparalytic
  • Poliomyelitis (acute) unspecified whether paralytic or nonparalytic
    • anterior unspecified whether paralytic or nonparalytic
    • epidemic unspecified whether paralytic or nonparalytic
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 045.9:
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Heine-Medin (see also Poliomyelitis) 045.9
    • Medin's (see also Poliomyelitis) 045.9
  • Heine-Medin disease (see also Poliomyelitis) 045.9
  • Medin's disease (poliomyelitis) 045.9
  • Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
    • essential, infancy (see also Poliomyelitis) 045.9
    • infantile (see also Poliomyelitis) 045.9
      • atrophic acute 045.1
      • bulbar 045.0
      • cerebral - see Palsy, cerebral
      • paralytic 045.1
      • progressive acute 045.9
      • spastic - see Palsy, cerebral
      • spinal 045.9
    • infective (see also Poliomyelitis) 045.9
    • spinal (cord) NEC 344.1
      • accessory nerve 352.4
      • acute (see also Poliomyelitis) 045.9
      • ascending acute 357.0
      • atrophic (acute) (see also Poliomyelitis, with paralysis) 045.1
      • congenital NEC 343.9
      • hemiplegic - see Hemiplegia
      • hereditary 336.8
      • infantile (see also Poliomyelitis) 045.9
      • late effect NEC 344.89
      • monoplegic - see Monoplegia
      • nerve 355.9
      • progressive 335.10
      • quadriplegic - see Quadriplegia
      • spastic NEC 343.9
      • traumatic - see Injury, spinal, by site
  • Paresis (see also Paralysis) 344.9
    • infantile (see also Poliomyelitis) 045.9
  • Poliomyelitis (acute) (anterior) (epidemic) 045.9
    • ascending 045.9
      • progressive 045.9
    • deformities 138
    • late effect 138
    • nonepidemic 045.9
    • old with deformity 138
    • spinal, acute 045.9
    • vaccination, prophylactic (against) V04.0
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