2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 999.5 : Other serum reaction not elsewhere classified

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.
Short description: Serum reaction NEC.
ICD-9-CM 999.5 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 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
  - food - see Anaphylactic shock, due to, food
  - from serum or immunization 999.5
    - anaphylactic 999.4
Arthus phenomenon 995.21
- due to
  - correct substance properly administered 995.21
  - overdose or wrong substance given or taken 977.9
    - specified drug - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
  - serum 999.5
Complications
- vaccination 999.9
  - anaphylaxis NEC 999.4
  - cellulitis 999.39
  - encephalitis or encephalomyelitis 323.51
  - hepatitis (serum) (type B) (within 8 months after administration) - see Hepatitis, viral
  - infection (general) (local) NEC 999.39
  - jaundice (serum) (within 8 months after administration) - see Hepatitis, viral
  - meningitis 997.09 [321.8]
  - myelitis 323.52
  - protein sickness 999.5
  - reaction (allergic) 999.5
    - Herxheimer's 995.0
    - serum 999.5
  - sepsis 999.39
  - serum intoxication, sickness, rash, or other serum reaction NEC 999.5
  - shock (allergic) (anaphylactic) 999.4
  - subacute yellow atrophy of liver (within 8 months after administration) - see Hepatitis, viral
  - vaccinia (generalized) 999.0
    - localized 999.39
Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- serum NEC 999.5
Effect, adverse NEC
- serum (prophylactic) (therapeutic) NEC 999.5
Encephalopathy (acute) 348.30
- due to
  - birth injury (intracranial) 767.8
  - dialysis 294.8
    - transient 293.9
  - drugs - (see also Table of Drugs and Chemicals) 348.39
  - hyperinsulinism - see Hyperinsulinism
  - influenza (virus) (see also Influenza) 487.8
    - identified
      - avian 488.09
      - novel H1N1 488.19
  - lack of vitamin (see also Deficiency, vitamin) 269.2
  - nicotinic acid deficiency 291.2
  - serum (nontherapeutic) (therapeutic) 999.5
  - syphilis 094.81
  - trauma (postconcussional) 310.2
    - current (see also Concussion, brain) 850.9
      - with skull fracture - see Fracture, skull, by site, with intracranial injury
  - vaccination 323.51
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
  - drug, medicinal substance, and biological - see Allergy, drug
  - due to correct medical substance properly administered 995.27
  - food - see Allergy, food
  - 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
  - cold or heat 708.2
  - drugs 708.0
  - food 708.0
  - inhalants 708.0
  - plants 708.8
  - serum 999.5
- serum 999.5

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