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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 021
Tularemia
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 6 ICD-9-CM codes below 021 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • Disease caused by francisella tularensis and transmitted to man from rodents through the bite of a deer fly, chrysops discalis, and other bloodsucking insects; symptoms consist of a prolonged fever and often swelling of the lymph nodes; rabbits are important reservoir hosts
021 Includes
  • deerfly fever
  • infection by Francisella [Pasteurella] tularensis
  • rabbit fever
 020.9 ICD9Data.com 021.0 
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