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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 056
Rubella
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 4 ICD-9-CM codes below 056 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • Acute infectious disease caused by the rubella virus and most often affecting children and nonimmune young adults, in which the virus enters the respiratory tract via droplet nuclei and spreads to the lymphatic system; usually benign; however transplacental infection of the fetus in the first trimester can cause death or severe developmental abnormalities (congenital rubella syndrome)
056 Includes
  • German measles
056 Excludes
  • congenital rubella (771.0)
 055.9 ICD9Data.com 056.0 
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