SECTION 18 - DIAGNOSIS CODES 18.1 GENERAL INFORMATION... 2 18.2 PRIOR CONTENTS NO LONGER APPLICABLE... 2 18.3 DIAGNOSIS CODE LISTING... 2 Ambulance Manual 1
SECTION 18 DIAGNOSIS CODES 18.1 GENERAL INFORMATION The diagnosis code is a required field and the accuracy of the code that describes the recipient s condition is important. The diagnosis code must be entered on the claim form exactly as it appears in the ICD-9-CM. Note that the appropriate code(s) may be three, four or five digits, depending upon the patient s diagnosis. The fourth and fifth digits give greater detail or specificity, and must be used as applicable to the patient s diagnosis(es) when available. This section contains a listing of the most commonly used diagnosis codes. The ICD-9-CM may be purchased in softbound or binder. The binder contains all three volumes, which are: For more information on ordering the ICD-9-CM call or write: or Volume 1: Diseases: Tabular List Volume 2: Diseases: Alphabetic Index Volume 3: Procedures: Tabular List and Alphabetic Index St. Anthony s Publishing, Inc. P.O. Box 96561 Washington, DC 20090 (800) 632-0123 Medicode Publications P.O. Box 27116 Salt Lake City, UT 84127-0116 (800) 999-4600 18.2 PRIOR CONTENTS NO LONGER APPLICABLE 18.3 DIAGNOSIS CODE LISTING The diagnosis code is a required field on the claim form. The following list has some of the most common diagnoses. DIAGNOSIS DESCRIPTION CODE Abdominal Pain...789.00-789.9 Abnormal Electrocardiogram (EKG)... 794.31 Ambulance Manual 2
Alcoholic Dependence...303.00-303.93 Alzheimer s Disease......331.0 Amputation/Arm-Hand...887.0-887.7 Amputation/Foot...896.0-896.3 Amputation/Leg...897.0-897.7 Amputation/Toe(s)...895.0-895.1 Angina Pectoris...413.0-413.9 Aortic Valve Disorders (Stenosis)... 424.1 Arteriosclerotic, Cardiovascular Disease... 429.2 Appendicitis (Acute)...540.0-540.9 Arthritis: Osteoarthritis...715.00-715.99 Arthritis: Rheumatoid...714.0-714.9 Asphyxiation and Strangulation... 994.7 Backache, Unspecified... 724.5 Bronchitis, Acute...466.0-466.19 Bronchitis, Chronic...491.0-491.9 Burns of multiple sites...946.0-946.5 Cancer-endocrine (gland)... 234.8 Cancer-bladder... 233.7 Cancer-bone...170.0-170.9 Cancer-breast......233.0 Cancer-colon... 230.4 Cancer-liver... 230.8 Cancer-prostate... 233.4 Cancer-stomach... 230.2 Cancer-uterus... 233.1 Cardiac Arrest... 427.5 Chest Pain, unspecified... 786.50 Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease...414.00-414.9 Coma... 780.01 Congestive Heart Failure... 428.0 Contracture of Multiple Joints... 718.49 Convulsions......780.31, 780.39 Dead on Arrival (DOA) (cause unknown; death occurring...... 798.2 in less than 24 hours from onset of symptoms) Decubitus... 707.0 Delirium, Acute... 293.0 Depression... 311 Depressive Neurosis......300.4 Diabetes Mellitus...250.00-250.93 Ambulance Manual 3
Diverticulus of Intestine...562.00-562.13 Down s Syndrome... 758.0 Drowning... 994.1 Drug Overdose; Unspecified Drug or Medicinal Substance... 977.9 Duodenal Ulcer...532.00-532.91 Effects of Lightning... 994.0 Electrocution and Nonfatal Effects Caused by Electric Current... 994.8 Emphysema...492.0-492.8 Encephalopathy... 348.3 Endocardum...424.0-424.99 Enlarged Heart, Cardiomegaly... 429.3 Epilepsy...345.00-345.91 Food Poisoning; Unspecified... 005.9 Fracture, Clavicle...810.00-810.13 Fracture, Femur...821.00-821.39 Fracture, Hip...820.00-820.9 Fracture, Vertebra...806.00-806.9 Gangrene... 785.4 Gallstones...574.00-574.91 Glaucoma...365.00-365.9 Glomerulonephritis...583.0-583.9 Goiter (Nontoxic nodular)...241.0-241.9 Head Injury, Closed... 854.00 Head Injury, Open... 854.10 Head Injury, Unspecified... 959.01 Heart Failure...428.0-428.9 Hemorrhage of Gastrointestinal Tract, Unspecified... 578.9 Hemorrhage, Unspecified... 459.0 Hodgkin s Disease... 201.00 Hypertension...401.0-401.9 Hypothermia... 991.6 Injuries, Multiple... 959.8 Injury to Elbow, Forearm and Wrist... 959.3 Injury to Face and Neck......959.09 Injury to Hand... 959.4 Injury to Hip and Thigh... 959.6 Injury to Knee, Ankle, Leg and Foot... 959.7 Injury to Shoulder and Upper Arm... 959.2 Injury to Trunk... 959.1 Instantaneous Death... 798.1 Ambulance Manual 4
Joint Pain, Multiple... 719.40 Kidney Infection...590.00-590.9 Kidney Stone...592.0-592.9 Leukemia...208.00-208.91 Lung Disease...518.0-518.89 Lymphoblastoma... 200.10 Lymphoma... 200.80 Meniere s Disease... 386.0 Mental Retardation...318.0-318.2 Myocardial Infarction...410.00-410.92 Obesity...278.00-278.8 Open Wound, Unspecified Eye Ball... 871.9 Overdose...977.0-977.9 Paralysis...344.00-344.9 Parkinson s Disease...332.0-332.1 Pneumonia... 486 Poisoning, Unspecified Noxious Substance Eaten as Food... 989.9 Renal Failure...584.5-584.9 Respiratory Arrest... 799.1 Respiratory Distress... 786.09 Rheumatism... 729.0 Rheumatoid Arthritis...714.0-714.9 Senility... 797 Shock... 785.50 Smoke Inhalation, Symptomatic... 987.9 Spina Bifida...741.00-741.93 Spondylitis...720.0-720.9 Stenosis Aorta... 747.22 Stroke, Cerebrovascular... 436 Stomatitis... 528.0 Stricture, Urethra...598.00-598.9 Syncope... 780.2 Tachycardia... 785.0 Talipes...754.50-754.79 Thyroiditis...245.0-245.9 Thyrotoxicosis...242.00-242.91 Transient Alteration of Awareness... 780.02 Tuberculosis... 011.90 Ulcer...531.00-531.91 Unconscious... 780.09 Ambulance Manual 5
Upper Respiratory Infection...465.0-465.9 Uremia... 586 Wound Disruptions of (Dehiscence)... 998.3 Yellow Jaundice... 782.4 END OF SECTION TOP OF PAGE Ambulance Manual 6