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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 446.2
Hypersensitivity angiitis
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 3 ICD-9-CM codes below 446.2 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • Disorder characterized by a vasculitic syndrome associated with exposure to an antigen such as a drug, infectious agent, or other foreign or endogenous substance. Its pathophysiology includes immune complex deposition and a wide range of skin lesions. Hypersensitivity or allergy is present in some but not all cases
446.2 Excludes
  • antiglomerular basement membrane disease without pulmonary hemorrhage (583.89)
 446.1 ICD9Data.com 446.20 
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