Diagnosis Code

R50.82 POSTPROCEDURAL FEVER


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R50.82

Short Description: Postprocedural fever

Long Description: Postprocedural fever

The code R50.82 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
    • General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
      • Fever of other and unknown origin (R50)
        • R50.82 Postprocedural fever

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Postoperative fever
  • Postprocedural fever

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R50.82 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • postprocedural infection (@T81.4*-)
    • posttransfusion fever (@R50.84*)
    • postvaccination (postimmunization) fever (@R50.83*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R50.82 Right Arrow 780.62 Postprocedural fever

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 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-10 Code ICD-10 Description
R50 Fever of other and unknown origin
R50.2 Drug induced fever
R50.8 Other specified fever
R50.81 Fever presenting with conditions classified elsewhere
R50.83 Postvaccination fever
R50.84 Febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction
R50.9 Fever, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023