V65.8 REASON FOR CONSULT NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: V65.8

Short Description: Reason for consult NEC

Long Description: Other reasons for seeking consultation

Code Classification:

  • Supplementary classification of factors influencing health status and contact with health services (E)
    • Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (V60-V69)
      • V65 Other persons seeking consultation without complaint or sickness
        • V65.8 Reason for consult NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Patient advised about driving
  • Patient advised not to drive

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code V65.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Consultation V65.9
    • specified reason NEC V65.8
    • without complaint or sickness V65.9
      • specified reason NEC V65.8

Crosswalk Information

The code V65.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
V65.8 Right Arrow Z76.89 Persons encountering health services in oth circumstances
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
V65.0 Healthy person accompanying sick person
V65.11 Pediatric pre-birth visit for expectant parent(s)
V65.19 Other person consulting on behalf of another person
V65.2 Person feigning illness
V65.3 Dietary surveillance and counseling
V65.40 Counseling NOS
V65.41 Exercise counseling
V65.42 Counseling on substance use and abuse
V65.43 Counseling on injury prevention
V65.44 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counseling
V65.45 Counseling on other sexually transmitted diseases
V65.46 Encounter for insulin pump training
V65.49 Other specified counseling
V65.5 Person with feared complaint in whom no diagnosis was made
V65.9 Unspecified reason for consultation


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