V70.4 EXAM-MEDICOLEGAL REASONS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: V70.4

Short Description: Exam-medicolegal reasons

Long Description: Examination for medicolegal reasons

Code Classification:

  • Supplementary classification of factors influencing health status and contact with health services (E)
    • Persons without reported diagnosis encountered during examination and investigation of individuals and populations (V70-V82)
      • V70 General medical examination
        • V70.4 Exam-medicolegal reasons

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Screening for drug of abuse in blood specimen positive

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code V70.4 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Admission (encounter)
    • for
      • examination (see also Examination) V70.9
        • medicolegal reasons V70.4
      • paternity testing V70.4
  • Encounter for - see also Admission for
    • paternity testing V70.4
  • Examination (general) (routine) (of) (for) V70.9
    • medical (for) (of) V70.9
      • medicolegal reasons V70.4
    • medicolegal reason V70.4
  • Paternity testing V70.4
  • Test(s)
    • blood
      • alcohol V70.4
      • drug V70.4
        • for therapeutic drug monitoring V58.83
    • laboratory V72.60
      • for medicolegal reason V70.4
    • paternity V70.4

Crosswalk Information

The code V70.4 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
V70.4 Right Arrow Z02.81 Encounter for paternity testing
Z02.83 Encounter for blood-alcohol and blood-drug test
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
V70.0 Routine general medical examination at a health care facility
V70.1 General psychiatric examination, requested by the authority
V70.2 General psychiatric examination, other and unspecified
V70.3 Other general medical examination for administrative purposes
V70.5 Health examination of defined subpopulations
V70.6 Health examination in population surveys
V70.7 Examination of participant in clinical trial
V70.8 Other specified general medical examinations
V70.9 Unspecified general medical examination


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