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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 999.5
Other serum reaction not elsewhere classified
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 3 ICD-9-CM codes below 999.5 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • Immune complex disease caused by the administration of foreign serum or serum proteins and characterized by fever, lymphadenopathy, arthralgia, and urticaria; when they are complexed to protein carriers, some drugs can also cause serum sickness when they act as haptens inducing antibody responses
999.5 Excludes
Applies To
  • Intoxication by serum
  • Protein sickness
  • Serum rash
  • Serum sickness
  • Urticaria due to serum
 999.49 ICD9Data.com 999.51 
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