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Specific code 2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 251.2
Hypoglycemia unspecified
  • Short description: Hypoglycemia NOS.
  • ICD-9-CM 251.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 251.2 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2011 version of ICD-9-CM 251.2.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 251.2: 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 251.2 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E16.2 Hypoglycemia, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
  • Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), reactive
  • Hypoglycemia unawareness
  • Hypoglycemia, reactive
  • Hypoglycemic encephalopathy
  • Loss of hypoglycemic warning
  • Reactive hypoglycemia
251.2 Excludes
Applies To
  • Hypoglycemia:
    • NOS
    • reactive
    • spontaneous
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 251.2:
  • Encephalopathy (acute) 348.30
    • hypoglycemic 251.2
  • Findings, (abnormal), without diagnosis (examination) (laboratory test) 796.4
  • Glycopenia 251.2
  • Hyperinsulinism (ectopic) (functional) (organic) NEC 251.1
    • reactive 251.2
    • spontaneous 251.2
  • Hypoglycemia (spontaneous) 251.2
    • due to insulin 251.0
      • therapeutic misadventure 962.3
    • familial (idiopathic) 251.2
    • following gastrointestinal surgery 579.3
    • infantile (idiopathic) 251.2
    • in infant of diabetic mother 775.0
    • reactive 251.2
  • McQuarrie's syndrome (idiopathic familial hypoglycemia) 251.2
  • Sugar
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • hypoglycemic (familial) (neonatal) 251.2
    • McQuarrie's (idiopathic familial hypoglycemia) 251.2
  • Transient - see also condition
    • hypoglycemia (post-procedural) 251.2
 251.1 ICD9Data.com 251.3 
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