2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E879.2
Radiological procedure and radiotherapy as the cause of abnormal reaction of patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at time of procedure
- Short description: Abn react-radiotherapy.
- ICD-9-CM E879.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, E879.2 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).
- E879.2 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
- You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM E879.2.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E879.2: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
E879.2 converts directly to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Y84.2 Radiological procedure and radiotherapy as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure
Approximate Synonyms
- Esophagitis due to radiation therapy
- Hypopituitarism due to radiotherapy
- Postradiotherapy hypopituitarism
- Radiation esophagitis
- Radiation induced esophagitis
- Radiotherapy-induced hypopituitarism
E879.2 Excludes
- radio-opaque dyes for diagnostic x-ray procedures (E947.8
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