Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code V60.5
Holiday relief care
  • ICD-9-CM V60.5 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, V60.5 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 V60.5.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM V60.5: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: V60.5 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Z75.5 Holiday relief care
Applies To
  • Provision of health care facilities to a person normally cared for at home, to enable relatives to take a vacation
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to V60.5:
  • Care (of)
    • family member (handicapped) (sick)
      • creating problem for family V61.49
      • provided away from home for holiday relief V60.5
      • unavailable, due to
        • absence (person rendering care) (sufferer) V60.4
        • inability (any reason) of person rendering care V60.4
    • holiday relief V60.5
  • Health
    • services provided because (of)
      • boarding school residence V60.6
      • holiday relief for person providing home care V60.5
      • inadequate
      • lack of housing V60.0
      • no care available in home V60.4
      • person living alone V60.3
      • poverty V60.3
      • residence in institution V60.6
      • specified cause NEC V60.89
      • vacation relief for person providing home care V60.5
  • Inadequate, inadequacy
    • household care, due to
      • family member
        • handicapped or ill V60.4
        • temporarily away from home V60.4
          • on vacation V60.5
      • technical defects in home V60.1
      • temporary absence from home of person rendering care V60.4
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