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Specific code 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 070.9
Unspecified viral hepatitis without hepatic coma
  • Short description: VIRAL HEPAT NOS W/O COMA.
  • ICD-9-CM 070.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 070.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2006 version of ICD-9-CM 070.9.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 070.9: 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 070.9 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM B19.9 Unspecified viral hepatitis without hepatic coma
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acute viral hepatitis
  • Chronic viral hepatitis
  • Hepatitis, viral
  • Postpartum (after childbirth) viral hepatitis
  • Postpartum viral hepatitis
  • Viral arthritis w hepatitis
  • Viral arthritis with hepatitis
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Viral hepatitis in childbirth
  • Viral hepatitis in pregnancy
070.9 Excludes
  • unspecified viral hepatitis C without hepatic coma (070.70)
Applies To
  • Viral hepatitis NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 070.9:
  • Hepatitis 573.3
    • fulminant (viral) (see also Hepatitis, viral) 070.9
      • with hepatic coma 070.6
      • type A 070.1
      • type B - see Hepatitis, viral, type B
    • viral (acute) (anicteric) (cholangiolitic) (cholestatic) (chronic) (subacute) 070.9
      • with hepatic coma 070.6
      • AU-SH type virus - see Hepatitis, viral, type B
      • australian antigen - see Hepatitis, viral, type B
      • B-antigen - see Hepatitis, viral, type B
      • Coxsackie 074.8 [573.1]
      • cytomegalic inclusion 078.5 [573.1]
      • IH (virus) - see Hepatitis, viral, type A
      • infectious hepatitis virus - see Hepatitis, viral, type A
      • serum hepatitis virus - see Hepatitis, viral, type B
      • SH - see Hepatitis, viral, type B
      • specified type NEC 070.59
      • type A 070.1
      • type B (acute) 070.30
      • type C
      • type delta (with hepatitis B carrier state) 070.52
        • with
          • active hepatitis B disease - see Hepatitis, viral, type B
          • hepatic coma 070.42
      • type E 070.53
      • vaccination and inoculation (prophylactic) V05.3
 070.71 ICD9Data.com 071 
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