2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 085
Leishmaniasis
- There are 7 ICD-9-CM codes below 085 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
- Newer versions of 085: 2009 2010
Diagnosis Definition(s)
- disease caused by any of a number of species of protozoa in the genus Leishmania; there are four major clinical types of this infection: cutaneous (Old and New World), diffuse cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral; visceral is characterized by fever, chills, vomiting, anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, leukopenia, hypergammaglobulinemia, emaciation, and an earth-gray color of the skin; cutaneous is characterized by development of single or multiple localized lesions on exposed areas of skin that typically ulcerate.
