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H1N1 Prompts Urgent ICD-9 CM Code Expansion - June 16th, 2009
As part of the Addenda for 2010 ICD-9 CM, a new code for swine flu has been created, and the code for bird flu revised:
487 Influenza
-------------------Infurenza caused by unspecified influenza virus
Excludes: Hemophilus influenzae [H. influenzae]:
Influenza due to 2009 H1N1 [swine] influenza virus (488.1)
Influenza due to identified avian influenza virus (488.0)
Influenza due to identified novel H1N1 influenza virus (488.1)
488 Influenza due to certain identified influenza viruses
Excludes: influenza caused by unspecified influenza viruses (487.0-487.8)
488.0 Influenza due to identified avian influenza virus
Avian influenza
Bird flu
Influenza A/ H5N1
488.1 Influenza due to identified novel H1N1 influenza virus
2009 H1N1 [ swine] influenza virus
Novel 2009 influenza H1N1
Novel H1N1 influenza
Novel influenza A/ H1N1
Swine flu
The codes were created to provide data capture for the novel H1N1 influenza A virus (swine flu) , firs identified in April after the March 2009 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee metting and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic alert on June 11.
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