- highly contagious infectious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (Herpesvirus 3); usually affects children, is spread by direct contact or respiratory route via droplet nuclei, and is characterized by the appearance on the skin and mucous membranes of successive crops of typical pruritic vesicular lesions that are easily broken and become scabbed; chickenpox is relatively benign in children, but may be complicated by pneumonia and encephalitis in adults.
052 Chickenpox convert 052 to ICD-10
052.0 Postvaricella encephalitis convert 052.0 to ICD-10- 052.1 Varicella (hemorrhagic) pneumonitis convert 052.1 to ICD-10
- 052.2 Postvaricella myelitis convert 052.2 to ICD-10
- 052.7 … with other specified complications convert 052.7 to ICD-10
- 052.8 … with unspecified complication convert 052.8 to ICD-10
052.9 Varicella without mention of complication convert 052.9 to ICD-10