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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 276.51
Dehydration
276.50
276.52
276.51 is a billable ICD-9-CM medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Newer versions of 276.51:
2009
2010
Diagnosis Definition(s)
condition that results from excessive loss of water from a living organism.
A condition caused by the loss of too much water from the body. Severe diarrhea or vomiting can cause dehydration.
Decreased intravascular, interstitial, and/or intracellular fluid. This refers to dehydration, water loss alone without change in sodium.
State of excessively reduced body water or water deficit.
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 276.51
Anhydration
276.51
with
hypernatremia
276.0
hyponatremia
276.1
Cachexia
799.4
dehydration
276.51
with
hypernatremia
276.0
hyponatremia
276.1
Dehydration (cachexia)
276.51
with
hypernatremia
276.0
hyponatremia
276.1
newborn
775.5
Luetscher's syndrome (dehydration)
276.51
Syndrome - see also Disease
Luetscher's (dehydration)
276.51
2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 276.51
276.51