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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 116
Blastomycotic infection
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 3 ICD-9-CM codes below 116 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • A fungal infection caused by inhalation of spores of blastomyces dermatitidis. It presents with flu-like symptoms including fever, chills, cough, pleuritic chest pain and myalgias. It may lead to a chronic granulomatous pulmonary infection and disseminate to other anatomic sites including skin, nervous system and bones
  • A fungal infection that may appear in two forms: 1, a primary lesion characterized by the formation of a small cutaneous nodule and small nodules along the lymphatics that may heal within several months; and 2, chronic granulomatous lesions characterized by thick crusts, warty growths, and unusual vascularity and infection in the middle or upper lobes of the lung
  • Infection caused by fungi of the genus blastomyces
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