2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 125.9
Unspecified filariasis
- infections with nematodes of the superfamily Filarioidea; presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous inflammation and permanent fibrosis; organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild elk and domestic sheep causing ischaemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis of the face.
- ICD-9-CM 125.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Convert 125.9 to ICD-10-CM 
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 125.9:
filaria, filarial (see also Infestation, filarial) 
filarial (see also Infestation, filarial) 
