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Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 279.3
Unspecified immunity deficiency
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 279.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 279.3 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: 279.3 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM D84.9 Immunodeficiency, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acquired immunodeficiency
  • Congenital immunodeficiency disease
  • Immunodeficiency
  • Immunodeficiency disorder
  • Immunodeficiency w short limbed stature
  • Immunodeficiency, acquired
  • Lymphopenic agammaglobulinemia - short-limbed dwarfism syndrome
  • Secondary immune deficiency disorder
Clinical Information
  • A deficiency of immune response or a disorder characterized by deficient immune response
  • A disorder in which the immune system is unable to mount an adequate immune response
  • Deficiency of immune response or a disorder characterized by deficient immune response; classified as antibody (b cell), cellular (t cell), or combined immunodeficiency, or phagocytic dysfunction disorders
  • Syndromes in which there is a deficiency or defect in the mechanisms of immunity, either cellular or humoral
  • The decreased ability of the body to fight infection and disease
  • The inability of the body to produce an immune response
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 279.3:
  • Deficiency, deficient
  • Immunodeficiency 279.3
    • autosomal recessive, Swiss-type 279.2
    • severe combined (SCID) 279.2
    • to Rh factor
      • affecting management of pregnancy 656.1
    • X-linked, with increased IgM 279.05
 279.2 ICD9Data.com 279.4 
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