Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 655.20
Hereditary disease in family possibly affecting fetus, affecting management of mother, unspecified as to episode of care or not applicable
  • Short description: Famil heredit dis-unspec.
  • ICD-9-CM 655.20 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 655.20 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 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 655.20.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 655.20: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 655.20 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM O35.2XX0 Maternal care for (suspected) hereditary disease in fetus, not applicable or unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, fetus affected
  • Dystrophy, muscular, duchenne, fetus affected
  • Familial dysautonomia, fetus
  • Familial hypertriglyceridemia, fetus affected
  • Fetal alpha thalassemia
  • Fetal alpha thalassemia. (disorder)
  • Fetal beta thalassemia
  • Fetal canavan disease
  • Fetal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
  • Fetal cystic fibrosis
  • Fetal duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • Fetal familial combined hyperlipidemia
  • Fetal familial dysautonomia
  • Fetal familial hyperbetalipoproteinemia
  • Fetal familial hypercholesterolemia
  • Fetal familial hypertriglyceridemia
  • Fetal familial hypoalphalipoproteinemia
  • Fetal genetic cancer
  • Fetal hemochromatosis
  • Fetal hemoglobinopathy
  • Fetal hemoglobinopathy C
  • Fetal hemoglobinopathy E
  • Fetal hemophilia
  • Fetal hereditary disease
  • Fetal hereditary hemochromatosis
  • Fetal huntington disease
  • Fetal lysosomal storage disease
  • Fetal Marfan syndrome
  • Fetal mitochondrial defect
  • Fetal myotonic muscular dystrophy
  • Fetal neurogenetic disorder
  • Fetal polycystic kidney disease
  • Fetal sickle cell anemia
  • Fetal Tay-Sachs disease
  • Fetal von Willebrand disease
  • Fetus with hereditary disease
  • Hereditary hemochromatosis, fetus affected
  • Myotonic muscular dystrophy, fetus affected
  • Tay-Sachs disease in fetus
  • von Willebrand disorder in fetus
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