2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Injury And Poisoning 800-999 > Complications Of Surgical And Medical Care, Not Elsewhere Classified 996-999 > Complications Of Medical Care Not Elsewhere Classified 999.* > 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 999.5 Other serum reaction not elsewhere classified  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 Therefore, this code may be out of date.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 999.5 can be accessed here. Immune complex disease caused by the administration of foreign serum or serum proteins and characterized by fever, lymphadenopathy, arthralgia, and urticaria. When they are complexed to protein carriers, some drugs can also cause serum sickness when they act as haptens inducing antibody responses. 999.5 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 999.5 contains 29 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 999.* hierarchy ICD9Data's sister site ProcedureCodes.com launches with the 2008/09 CPT® codes - read more on the ICD9Data.com blog. 999.5 also known as: Intoxication by serum Protein sickness Serum rash Serum sickness Urticaria due to serum 999.5 excludes: serum hepatitis (070.2-070.3) Index entries containing 999.5: Allergy, allergic (reaction) 995.3 serum (prophylactic) (therapeutic) 999.5 anaphylactic shock 999.4 shock (anaphylactic) (due to adverse effect of correct medicinal substance properly administered) 995.0 from serum or immunization 999.5 anaphylactic 999.4 Arthus phenomenon 995.21 due to serum 999.5 Complications vaccination 999.9 protein sickness 999.5 reaction (allergic) 999.5 Herxheimer's 995.0 serum 999.5 serum intoxication, sickness, rash, or other serum reaction NEC 999.5 Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome serum NEC 999.5 Effect, adverse NEC serum (prophylactic) (therapeutic) NEC 999.5 Encephalopathy (acute) 348.30 due to serum (nontherapeutic) (therapeutic) 999.5 Intoxication serum (prophylactic) (therapeutic) 999.5 Neuritis (see also Neuralgia) 729.2 serum 999.5 Protein sickness (prophylactic) (therapeutic) 999.5 Rash 782.1 serum (prophylactic) (therapeutic) 999.5 Reaction allergic (see also Allergy) 995.3 serum 999.5 serum (prophylactic) (therapeutic) 999.5 immediate 999.4 Serum allergy, allergic reaction 999.5 shock 999.4 complication or reaction NEC 999.5 disease NEC 999.5 intoxication 999.5 neuritis 999.5 poisoning NEC 999.5 rash NEC 999.5 reaction NEC 999.5 sickness NEC 999.5 Sickness protein (see also Complications, vaccination) 999.5 serum NEC 999.5 Urticaria 708.9 due to serum 999.5 serum 999.5