Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code V01.79
Contact with or exposure to other viral diseases
  • Short description: Viral dis contact NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM V01.79 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, V01.79 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 2012 version of ICD-9-CM V01.79.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM V01.79: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: V01.79 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Z20.6 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Z20.828 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases
Approximate Synonyms
  • Exposure to hepatitis A virus
  • Exposure to Hepatitis A virus (event)
  • Exposure to hepatitis B virus
  • Exposure to Hepatitis B virus (event)
  • Exposure to HIV
  • Exposure to Human immunodeficiency virus
  • Exposure to Human immunodeficiency virus (event)
  • Exposure to Influenza
  • Exposure to influenza (event)
  • Exposure to Influenza A virus subtype H1N1
  • Exposure to influenza virus
  • Exposure to Measles virus
  • Exposure to mononucleosis
  • Exposure to mononucleosis (event)
  • Exposure to mononucleosis (viral illness)
  • Exposure to viral disease
  • Exposure to viral disease (event)
  • Exposure to viral hepatitis
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to V01.79:
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