2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 279.52
Chronic graft-versus-host disease
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 279.52 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 279.52 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:
279.52 converts directly to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM D89.811 Chronic graft-versus-host disease
Approximate Synonyms
- Chronic graft versus host disease
- Chronic graft versus host disease due to bone marrow transplant
- Chronic graft versus host disease due to kidney transplant
- Chronic graft versus host reaction due to bone marrow transplant
- Graft versus host disease due to kidney transplant
- Graft versus host reaction, bone marrow transplant
Clinical Information
- A syndrome of immologically mediated tissue damage occurring following allogeneic transplant and may affect multiple organs with manifestations similar to autoimmune diseases. Onset is usually within three years of transplantation or immunologic manipulation
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
279.52:
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
graft-versus-host 
acute 
