2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 046.2
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
- rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years.
- ICD-9-CM 046.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Applies To
Convert 046.2 to ICD-10-CM 
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 046.2:
Bodechtel-Guttmann (subacute sclerosing panencephalitis) 
Dawson's (inclusion body) 
