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2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Infectious And Parasitic Diseases 001-139 > Viral Diseases Accompanied By Exanthem 050-057 > ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 055 Measles 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 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 055.0 Postmeasles encephalitis 055.0 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 055.0 contains 4 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 055.1 Postmeasles pneumonia 055.1 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 055.1 contains 4 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 055.2 Postmeasles otitis media 055.2 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 055.2 contains 5 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 055.7 Measles with other specified complications 055.7 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 055.71 Measles keratoconjunctivitis 055.71 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 055.71 contains 6 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 055.79 Measles with other specified complications 055.79 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 055.79 contains 3 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 055.8 Measles with unspecified complication 055.8 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 055.8 contains 3 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 055.9 Measles without complication 055.9 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 055.9 contains 5 index entries