790.29 ABNORMAL GLUCOSE NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 790.29

Short Description: Abnormal glucose NEC

Long Description: Other abnormal glucose

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Nonspecific abnormal findings (790-796)
      • 790 Nonspecific findings on examination of blood
        • 790.29 Abnormal glucose NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Abnormal glucose level
  • Abnormal presence of glucose
  • Blood glucose abnormal
  • Decreased glucose level
  • Drug-induced hyperglycemia
  • Glucose in blood specimen above reference range
  • Impaired glucose tolerance associated with drugs
  • Impaired glucose tolerance associated with insulin receptor abnormality
  • Non-diabetic hyperglycemia
  • Random blood glucose abnormal
  • Random glucose outside reference range

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 790.29 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
    • blood sugar 790.29
    • glucose 790.29
      • in pregnancy, childbirth, or puerperium 648.8
      • fetus or newborn 775.0
      • non-fasting 790.29
  • Borderline
    • diabetes mellitus 790.29
  • Decrease, decreased
    • glucose 790.29
  • Diabetes, diabetic (brittle) (congenital) (familial) (mellitus) (severe) (slight) (without complication) 250.0
    • asymptomatic 790.29
    • borderline 790.29
    • nonclinical 790.29
    • stress 790.29
    • subclinical 790.29
    • subliminal 790.29
  • Elevation
    • blood sugar 790.29
  • Findings, (abnormal), without diagnosis (examination) (laboratory test) 796.4
    • blood sugar level 790.29
      • high 790.29
        • fasting glucose 790.21
        • glucose tolerance test 790.22
      • low 251.2
    • glucose 790.29
      • elevated
        • fasting 790.21
        • tolerance test 790.22
  • Hyperglycemia 790.29
    • maternal
      • affecting fetus or newborn 775.0
      • manifest diabetes in infant 775.1
    • postpancreatectomy (complete) (partial) 251.3
  • Prediabetes, prediabetic 790.29
    • complicating pregnancy, childbirth, or puerperium 648.8
      • fetus or newborn 775.89
  • Pregnancy (single) (uterine) (without sickness) V22.2
    • complicated (by) 646.9
      • abnormal, abnormality NEC 646.9
        • glucose tolerance (conditions classifiable to 790.21-790.29) 648.8
  • Sugar
    • blood
      • high 790.29
  • Transient - see also condition
    • hyperglycemia (post-procedural) 790.29

Crosswalk Information

The code 790.29 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
790.29 Right Arrow R73.09 Other abnormal glucose
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
790.01 Precipitous drop in hematocrit
790.09 Other abnormality of red blood cells
790.1 Elevated sedimentation rate
790.21 Impaired fasting glucose
790.22 Impaired glucose tolerance test (oral)
790.3 Excessive blood level of alcohol
790.4 Nonspecific elevation of levels of transaminase or lactic acid dehydrogenase [LDH]
790.5 Other nonspecific abnormal serum enzyme levels
790.6 Other abnormal blood chemistry
790.7 Bacteremia
790.8 Viremia, unspecified
790.91 Abnormal arterial blood gases
790.92 Abnormal coagulation profile
790.93 Elevated prostate specific antigen [PSA]
790.94 Euthyroid sick syndrome
790.95 Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP)
790.99 Other nonspecific findings on examination of blood


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