079.81 HANTAVIRUS INFECTION


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 079.81

Short Description: Hantavirus infection

Long Description: Hantavirus infection

Code Classification:

  • Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
    • Other diseases due to viruses and Chlamydiae (070-079)
      • 079 Viral infection in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified site
        • 079.81 Hantavirus infection

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 079.81 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • Hantavirus 079.81
    • Sin Nombre virus 079.81
    • virus, viral 079.99
      • Hantavirus 079.81

Crosswalk Information

The code 079.81 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
079.81 Right Arrow B33.4 Hantavirus (cardio)-pulmonary syndrome [HPS] [HCPS]
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
079.0 Adenovirus infection in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified site
079.1 Echo virus infection in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified site
079.2 Coxsackie virus infection in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified site
079.3 Rhinovirus infection in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified site
079.4 Human papillomavirus in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified site
079.50 Retrovirus, unspecified
079.51 Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus, type I [HTLV-I]
079.52 Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus, type II [HTLV-II]
079.53 Human immunodeficiency virus, type 2 [HIV-2]
079.59 Other specified retrovirus
079.6 Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
079.82 SARS-associated coronavirus
079.83 Parvovirus B19
079.88 Other specified chlamydial infection
079.89 Other specified viral infection
079.98 Unspecified chlamydial infection
079.99 Unspecified viral infection


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