Non-specific code 2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 493.1
Intrinsic asthma
  • There are 3 ICD-9-CM codes below 493.1 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
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Applies To
  • Late-onset asthma
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 493.1:
  • Asthma, asthmatic (bronchial) (catarrh) (spasmodic) 493.9
    • endogenous (intrinsic) 493.1
    • infective 493.1
    • intrinsic 493.1
    • late-onset 493.1
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