Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 079.89
Other specified viral infection
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 079.89 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 079.89 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 079.89 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM B33.8 Other specified viral diseases
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM B34.1 Enterovirus infection, unspecified
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM B34.2 Coronavirus infection, unspecified
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM B34.4 Papovavirus infection, unspecified
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM B34.8 Other viral infections of unspecified site
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM B97.19 Other enterovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM B97.29 Other coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM B97.89 Other viral agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acute bronchitis due to parainfluenza
  • Acute genitourinary chlamydia infection
  • Acute parainfluenza virus bronchitis
  • Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, imported
  • Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, indigenous
  • Aleutian disease
  • Avian leukosis
  • Barmah Forest disease
  • Bronchiolitis due to Human metapneumovirus
  • Bronchiolitis due to metapneumovirus
  • Cache Valley virus infection
  • California serogroup virus neuroinvasive disease
  • California serogroup virus non-neuroinvasive disease
  • Cercopithecus herpesvirus 1 disease
  • Chagres virus disease
  • Chandipura virus disease
  • Coronavirus infection
  • Derriengue
  • Disease due to Aphthovirus
  • Disease due to Avipoxviridae
  • Disease due to BK polyomavirus
  • Disease due to Calicivirus
  • Disease due to California serogroup virus
  • Disease due to Capripoxviridae
  • Disease due to Circoviridae
  • Disease due to Enterovirus
  • Disease due to Gammaherpesvirinae
  • Disease due to Hantanvirus
  • Disease due to JC polyomavirus
  • Disease due to Leporipoxviridae
  • Disease due to Orthomyxoviridae
  • Disease due to Orthopoxvirus
  • Disease due to Orthoreovirus
  • Disease due to Paramyxoviridae
  • Disease due to Paramyxovirinae
  • Disease due to Parapoxvirus
  • Disease due to Picornaviridae
  • Disease due to Pneumovirus
  • Disease due to Polyomavirus
  • Disease due to Poxviridae
  • Disease due to Reoviridae
  • Disease due to Rhabdoviridae
  • Disease due to Rubulavirus
  • Disease due to Suipoxviridae
  • Disease due to unassigned Poxviridae
  • Encephalitis due to influenza
  • Encephalitis due to influenza-virus identified
  • Enterovirus heart infection
  • Enterovirus infection
  • Equine rhinitis A viral infection
  • Erbovirus infection
  • Herpesvirus T infection
  • Human metapneumovirus infection
  • Human metapneumovirus present
  • Human monkeypox
  • Human parainfluenza virus present
  • Infection due to Human parainfluenza virus 1
  • Infection due to Human parainfluenza virus 2
  • Infection due to Human parainfluenza virus 3
  • Infection due to Human parainfluenza virus 4
  • Infection due to Nipah virus
  • Inflammation of bronchiole due to Human metapneumovirus
  • Juncopox
  • Neonatal chlamydial pneumonia
  • Panleukopenia
  • Parainfluenza virus bronchopneumonia
  • Parainfluenza virus laryngitis
  • Parainfluenza virus laryngotracheitis
  • Parainfluenza virus laryngotracheobronchitis
  • Parainfluenza virus pneumonia
  • Parainfluenza virus rhinopharyngitis
  • Polyomavirus disease, type BK
  • Polyomavirus disease, type JC
  • Polyomavirus infection, type BK
  • Polyomavirus infection, type JC
  • Pox virus infection of skin
  • Reovirus infection
  • Sendai virus infection
  • Specific viral infections
  • Stomatitis due to bovine papular stomatitis virus
  • Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus disease
  • Vesicular stomatitis New Jersey virus disease
  • Viral cardiovascular infection
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 079.89:
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • coronavirus 079.89
    • enterovirus NEC 079.89
    • parainfluenza virus 079.89
    • virus, viral 079.99
      • adenovirus
        • in diseases classified elsewhere - see category 079
        • unspecified nature or site 079.0
      • central nervous system NEC 049.9
      • chest 519.8
      • conjunctivitis 077.99
        • specified type NEC 077.89
      • coronavirus 079.89
      • Coxsackie (see also Infection, Coxsackie) 079.2
      • Ebola 065.8
      • ECHO
        • in diseases classified elsewhere - see category 079
        • unspecified nature or site 079.1
      • encephalitis 049.9
      • enteritis NEC (see also Enteritis, viral) 008.8
      • exanthem NEC 057.9
      • Hantavirus 079.81
      • human papilloma 079.4
      • in diseases classified elsewhere - see category 079
      • intestine (see also Enteritis, viral) 008.8
      • Lung - see Pneumonia, viral
      • respiratory syncytial (RSV) 079.6
      • Retrovirus 079.50
      • rhinovirus
        • in diseases classified elsewhere - see category 079
        • unspecified nature or site 079.3
      • salivary gland disease 078.5
      • slow 046.9
        • specified condition NEC 046.8
      • specified type NEC 079.89
        • in diseases classified elsewhere - see category 079
      • unspecified nature or site 079.99
      • warts 078.10
      • yaba monkey tumor 059.22
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