Specific code 2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 780.79
Other malaise and fatigue
  • Short description: Malaise and fatigue NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 780.79 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 780.79 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 780.79.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 780.79: 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 780.79 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM G93.3 Postviral fatigue syndrome
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R53.1 Weakness
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R53.81 Other malaise
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R53.83 Other fatigue
Approximate Synonyms
  • Accommodative fatigue
  • Asthenia
  • Attacks of weakness
  • Complaining of "tired all the time"
  • Complaining of debility and malaise
  • Complaining of overwork
  • Exhausted on least exertion
  • Exhaustion
  • Exhaustion - physiological
  • Extreme exhaustion
  • Fatigability
  • Fatigue
  • Fatigue - symptom
  • Fatigue associated with AIDS
  • Fatigue due to chemotherapy or radiation therapy
  • Fatigue during pregnancy
  • Fatigue in pregnancy
  • Fatigue secondary to chemotherapy or radiation therapy
  • Feeling tired
  • Frailty
  • General health deterioration
  • Generalized neuromuscular exhaustion syndrome
  • Generally unwell
  • Heavy feeling
  • Heavy legs
  • Impaired exercise tolerance
  • Lack of energy
  • Lack of stamina
  • Lethargy
  • Malaise
  • Malaise and fatigue
  • Malaise associated with AIDS
  • Postviral fatigue syndrome
  • Pseudoparalysis due to generalized arthritis
  • Quickly exhausted
  • Senile exhaustion
  • Tired
  • Tired all the time
  • Tired on least exertion
  • Tiredness symptom
  • Tires quickly
  • Tiring with pain
  • Tropical anhidrotic asthenia
  • Weakness
  • Weakness as a late effect of cerebrovascular accident (disorder)
  • Weakness as a late effect of stroke
  • Weakness of hand
  • Weakness of toe
  • Weakness, late effect of stroke
Applies To
  • Asthenia NOS
  • Lethargy
  • Postviral (asthenic) syndrome
  • Tiredness
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 780.79:
  • Abionarce 780.79
  • Asthenia, asthenic 780.79
    • cardiac (see also Failure, heart) 428.9
    • cardiovascular (see also Failure, heart) 428.9
    • heart (see also Failure, heart) 428.9
    • myocardial (see also Failure, heart) 428.9
    • reaction, psychoneurotic 300.5
    • Stiller's 780.79
    • tropical anhidrotic 705.1
  • Bonvale Dam fever 780.79
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Stiller's (asthenia) 780.79
  • Exhaustion, exhaustive (physical NEC) 780.79
    • battle (see also Reaction, stress, acute) 308.9
    • cardiac (see also Failure, heart) 428.9
    • delirium (see also Reaction, stress, acute) 308.9
    • heart (see also Failure, heart) 428.9
    • manic (see also Psychosis, affective) 296.0
    • maternal, complicating delivery 669.8
      • affecting fetus or newborn 763.89
    • myocardium, myocardial (see also Failure, heart) 428.9
    • postinfectional NEC 780.79
    • psychosis (see also Reaction, stress, acute) 308.9
  • Fatigue 780.79
    • auditory deafness (see also Deafness) 389.9
    • combat (see also Reaction, stress, acute) 308.9
    • general 780.79
    • myocardium (see also Failure, heart) 428.9
    • psychogenic (general) 300.5
    • undue 780.79
  • Fever 780.60
    • Bonvale Dam 780.79
  • Lack of
    • energy 780.79
  • Lassitude (see also Weakness) 780.79
  • Lethargy 780.79
  • Listlessness 780.79
  • Malaise 780.79
  • Neurasthenia 300.5
    • postfebrile 780.79
    • postviral 780.79
  • Overstrained 780.79
    • heart - see Hypertrophy, cardiac
  • Overwork 780.79
  • Posthepatitis syndrome 780.79
  • Postinfluenzal syndrome 780.79
  • Prostration 780.79
  • Stiller's disease (asthenia) 780.79
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • posthepatitis 780.79
    • postinfluenza (asthenia) 780.79
    • postviral (asthenia) NEC 780.79
  • Tiredness 780.79
  • Vitality, lack or want of 780.79
  • Weak, weakness (generalized) 780.79
    • eye muscle - see Strabismus
    • foot (double) - see Weak, arches
    • heart, cardiac (see also Failure, heart) 428.9
    • myocardium (see also Failure, heart) 428.9
    • pelvic fundus
    • valvular - see Endocarditis
  • Worn out (see also Exhaustion) 780.79
    • cardiac defibrillator (with synchronous cardiac pacemaker) V53.32
    • cardiac pacemaker lead or battery V53.31
    • joint prosthesis (see also Complications, mechanical, device NEC, prosthetic NEC, joint) 996.46
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