Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 487.8
Influenza with other manifestations
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 487.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 487.8 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: 487.8 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J11.2 Influenza due to unidentified influenza virus with gastrointestinal manifestations
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J11.81 Influenza due to unidentified influenza virus with encephalopathy
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM J11.89 Influenza due to unidentified influenza virus with other manifestations
Approximate Synonyms
  • Gastroenteritis due to influenza
  • Influenza w encephalopathy
  • Influenza w gastroenteritis
  • Influenza w myocarditis
  • Influenza w otitis media
  • Influenza with encephalopathy
  • Influenza with gastroenteritis
  • Influenza with myocarditis
  • Influenza with non-respiratory manifestation
  • Influenza with otitis media
  • Myocarditis due to influenza virus
  • Otitis media due to influenza
487.8 Excludes
  • "intestinal flu" [viral gastroenteritis] (008.8)
Applies To
  • Encephalopathy due to influenza
  • Influenza with involvement of gastrointestinal tract
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 487.8:
  • Encephalopathy (acute) 348.30
    • due to
      • birth injury (intracranial) 767.8
      • dialysis 294.8
      • drugs - (see also Table of Drugs and Chemicals) 349.82
      • hyperinsulinism - see Hyperinsulinism
      • influenza (virus) (see also Influenza) 487.8
      • lack of vitamin (see also Deficiency, vitamin) 269.2
      • nicotinic acid deficiency 291.2
      • serum (nontherapeutic) (therapeutic) 999.59
      • syphilis 094.81
      • trauma (postconcussional) 310.2
        • current (see also Concussion, brain) 850.9
          • with skull fracture - see Fracture, skull, by site, with intracranial injury
      • vaccination 323.51
  • Enteritis (acute) (catarrhal) (choleraic) (chronic) (congestive) (diarrheal) (exudative) (follicular) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (lienteric) (noninfectious) (perforative) (phlegmonous) (presumed noninfectious) (pseudomembranous) 558.9
    • influenzal (see also Influenza) 487.8
  • Grippe, grippal - see also Influenza
    • intestinal (see also Influenza) 487.8
  • Influenza, influenzal 487.1
    • with
      • bronchitis 487.1
      • bronchopneumonia 487.0
      • cold (any type) 487.1
      • digestive manifestations 487.8
      • hemoptysis 487.1
      • involvement of
        • gastrointestinal tract 487.8
        • nervous system 487.8
      • laryngitis 487.1
      • manifestations NEC 487.8
      • pharyngitis 487.1
      • pneumonia (any form classifiable to 480-483, 485-486) 487.0
      • respiratory manifestations NEC 487.1
      • sinusitis 487.1
      • sore throat 487.1
      • tonsillitis 487.1
      • tracheitis 487.1
      • upper respiratory infection (acute) 487.1
    • abdominal 487.8
    • gastric 487.8
    • intestinal 487.8
    • stomach 487.8
  • Intestine, intestinal - see also condition
    • flu 487.8
  • Meningismus (infectional) (pneumococcal) 781.6
    • influenzal NEC (see also Influenza) 487.8
  • Polioencephalitis (acute) (bulbar) (see also Poliomyelitis, bulbar) 045.0
    • influenzal (see also Influenza) 487.8
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