279.3 IMMUNITY DEFICIENCY NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 279.3

Short Description: Immunity deficiency NOS

Long Description: Unspecified immunity deficiency

Code Classification:

  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
    • Other metabolic disorders and immunity disorders (270-279)
      • 279 Disorders involving the immune mechanism
        • 279.3 Immunity deficiency NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 279.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • immunity NEC 279.3
      • cell-mediated 279.10
        • with
          • hyperimmunoglobulinemia 279.2
          • thrombocytopenia and eczema 279.12
        • specified NEC 279.19
      • combined (severe) 279.2
        • syndrome 279.2
      • common variable 279.06
      • humoral NEC 279.00
      • IgA (secretory) 279.01
      • IgG 279.03
      • IgM 279.02
  • Immunodeficiency 279.3
    • with
      • adenosine-deaminase deficiency 279.2
      • defect, predominant
        • B-cell 279.00
        • T-cell 279.10
      • hyperimmunoglobulinemia 279.2
      • lymphopenia, hereditary 279.2
      • thrombocytopenia and eczema 279.12
      • thymic
        • aplasia 279.2
        • dysplasia 279.2
    • autosomal recessive, Swiss-type 279.2
    • common variable 279.06
    • severe combined (SCID) 279.2
    • to Rh factor
      • affecting management of pregnancy 656.1
        • fetus or newborn 773.0
    • X-linked, with increased IgM 279.05

Crosswalk Information

The code 279.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
279.3 Right Arrow D84.9 Immunodeficiency, unspecified
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
279.00 Hypogammaglobulinemia, unspecified
279.01 Selective IgA immunodeficiency
279.02 Selective IgM immunodeficiency
279.03 Other selective immunoglobulin deficiencies
279.04 Congenital hypogammaglobulinemia
279.05 Immunodeficiency with increased IgM
279.06 Common variable immunodeficiency
279.09 Other deficiency of humoral immunity
279.10 Immunodeficiency with predominant T-cell defect, unspecified
279.11 Digeorge's syndrome
279.12 Wiskott-aldrich syndrome
279.13 Nezelof's syndrome
279.19 Other deficiency of cell-mediated immunity
279.2 Combined immunity deficiency
279.41 Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome
279.49 Autoimmune disease, not elsewhere classified
279.50 Graft-versus-host disease, unspecified
279.51 Acute graft-versus-host disease
279.52 Chronic graft-versus-host disease
279.53 Acute on chronic graft-versus-host disease
279.8 Other specified disorders involving the immune mechanism
279.9 Unspecified disorder of immune mechanism


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014