LCD for Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)

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1 LCD for Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) Applicable CPT Code(s): Sedimentation Rate, Erythrocyte; Non-Automated Sedimentation Rate, Erythrocyte; Automated ICD-9 Codes that Support Medical Necessity: Code Description ACUTE AND SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS ACUTE AND SUBACUTE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE ACUTE ENDOCARDITIS UNSPECIFIED ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WITH LESION OF PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WITH LESION OF RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WITH OTHER SPECIFIED PATHOLOGICAL LESION IN KIDNEY ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WITH UNSPECIFIED PATHOLOGICAL LESION IN KIDNEY ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING ANKLE AND FOOT ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING FOREARM ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING HAND ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING LOWER LEG ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING OTHER SPECIFIED SITES ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING PELVIC REGION AND THIGH ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING SHOULDER REGION ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING UPPER ARM ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS SITE UNSPECIFIED ACUTE POLYARTICULAR JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ACUTE RHEUMATIC ENDOCARDITIS

2 391.2 ACUTE RHEUMATIC MYOCARDITIS ACUTE RHEUMATIC PERICARDITIS ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, INTRAPELVIC LYMPH ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, INTRATHORACIC LYMPH ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF HEAD, FACE, AND NECK ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, SPLEEN ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES ANEMIA OF OTHER CHRONIC DISEASE ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS ARTERITIS UNSPECIFIED AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED AUTOIMMUNE LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE SYNDROME BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA UNSPECIFIED 485 BRONCHOPNEUMONIA ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED BURKITT'S TUMOR OR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING INTRA- ABDOMINAL LYMPH BURKITT'S TUMOR OR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH BURKITT'S TUMOR OR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH BURKITT'S TUMOR OR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB BURKITT'S TUMOR OR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK BURKITT'S TUMOR OR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF BURKITT'S TUMOR OR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF BURKITT'S TUMOR OR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING SPLEEN BURKITT'S TUMOR OR LYMPHOMA UNSPECIFIED SITE

3 CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WITH LESION OF MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WITH LESION OF MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WITH LESION OF PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WITH LESION OF RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WITH UNSPECIFIED PATHOLOGICAL LESION IN KIDNEY CHRONIC OR UNSPECIFIED POLYARTICULAR JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING ANKLE AND FOOT CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING FOREARM CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING HAND CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING LOWER LEG CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING OTHER SPECIFIED SITES CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING PELVIC REGION AND THIGH CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING SHOULDER REGION CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING UPPER ARM CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS SITE UNSPECIFIED DERMATOMYOSITIS ELEVATED SEDIMENTATION RATE FELTY'S SYNDROME GIANT CELL ARTERITIS HEADACHE HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC DEPLETION INVOLVING INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC DEPLETION INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC DEPLETION INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC DEPLETION INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC DEPLETION INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK

4 HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC DEPLETION INVOLVING LYMPH OF INGUINAL REGION AND LOWER LIMB HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC DEPLETION INVOLVING LYMPH OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC DEPLETION INVOLVING SPLEEN HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC DEPLETION UNSPECIFIED SITE HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC-HISTIOCYTIC PREDOMINANCE INVOLVING INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC-HISTIOCYTIC PREDOMINANCE INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC-HISTIOCYTIC PREDOMINANCE INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC-HISTIOCYTIC PREDOMINANCE INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC-HISTIOCYTIC PREDOMINANCE INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC-HISTIOCYTIC PREDOMINANCE INVOLVING LYMPH OF INGUINAL REGION AND LOWER LIMB HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC-HISTIOCYTIC PREDOMINANCE INVOLVING LYMPH OF MULTIPLE SITES HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC-HISTIOCYTIC PREDOMINANCE INVOLVING SPLEEN HODGKIN'S DISEASE LYMPHOCYTIC-HISTIOCYTIC PREDOMINANCE UNSPECIFIED SITE HODGKIN'S DISEASE MIXED CELLULARITY INVOLVING INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE MIXED CELLULARITY INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE MIXED CELLULARITY INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE MIXED CELLULARITY INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB

5 HODGKIN'S DISEASE MIXED CELLULARITY INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK HODGKIN'S DISEASE MIXED CELLULARITY INVOLVING LYMPH OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE MIXED CELLULARITY INVOLVING LYMPH OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE MIXED CELLULARITY INVOLVING SPLEEN HODGKIN'S DISEASE MIXED CELLULARITY UNSPECIFIED SITE HODGKIN'S DISEASE NODULAR SCLEROSIS INVOLVING INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE NODULAR SCLEROSIS INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE NODULAR SCLEROSIS INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE NODULAR SCLEROSIS INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB HODGKIN'S DISEASE NODULAR SCLEROSIS INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK HODGKIN'S DISEASE NODULAR SCLEROSIS INVOLVING LYMPH OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE NODULAR SCLEROSIS INVOLVING LYMPH OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE NODULAR SCLEROSIS INVOLVING SPLEEN HODGKIN'S DISEASE NODULAR SCLEROSIS UNSPECIFIED SITE HODGKIN'S DISEASE UNSPECIFIED TYPE INVOLVING INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE UNSPECIFIED TYPE INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE UNSPECIFIED TYPE INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S DISEASE UNSPECIFIED TYPE INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB HODGKIN'S DISEASE UNSPECIFIED TYPE INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK HODGKIN'S DISEASE UNSPECIFIED TYPE INVOLVING LYMPH OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE UNSPECIFIED TYPE INVOLVING LYMPH OF

6 HODGKIN'S DISEASE UNSPECIFIED TYPE INVOLVING SPLEEN HODGKIN'S DISEASE UNSPECIFIED TYPE UNSPECIFIED SITE HODGKIN'S GRANULOMA INVOLVING INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH HODGKIN'S GRANULOMA INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S GRANULOMA INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S GRANULOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB HODGKIN'S GRANULOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK HODGKIN'S GRANULOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF HODGKIN'S GRANULOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF HODGKIN'S GRANULOMA INVOLVING SPLEEN HODGKIN'S GRANULOMA UNSPECIFIED SITE HODGKIN'S PARAGRANULOMA INVOLVING INTRA- ABDOMINAL LYMPH HODGKIN'S PARAGRANULOMA INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S PARAGRANULOMA INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S PARAGRANULOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB HODGKIN'S PARAGRANULOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK HODGKIN'S PARAGRANULOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF HODGKIN'S PARAGRANULOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF HODGKIN'S PARAGRANULOMA INVOLVING SPLEEN HODGKIN'S PARAGRANULOMA UNSPECIFIED SITE HODGKIN'S SARCOMA INVOLVING INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH HODGKIN'S SARCOMA INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH HODGKIN'S SARCOMA INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH

7 HODGKIN'S SARCOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB HODGKIN'S SARCOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK HODGKIN'S SARCOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF HODGKIN'S SARCOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF HODGKIN'S SARCOMA INVOLVING SPLEEN HODGKIN'S SARCOMA UNSPECIFIED SITE INFLUENZA WITH OTHER MANIFESTATIONS INFLUENZA WITH OTHER RESPIRATORY MANIFESTATIONS INFLUENZA WITH PNEUMONIA LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, INTRAPELVIC LYMPH LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, INTRATHORACIC LYMPH LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF HEAD, FACE, AND NECK LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF INGUINAL REGION AND LOWER LIMB LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF MULTIPLE SITES LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, SPLEEN LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES LEFT-SIDED ULCERATIVE (CHRONIC) COLITIS LETTERER-SIWE DISEASE INVOLVING INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH LETTERER-SIWE DISEASE INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH LETTERER-SIWE DISEASE INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH LETTERER-SIWE DISEASE INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB LETTERER-SIWE DISEASE INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK LETTERER-SIWE DISEASE INVOLVING LYMPH OF

8 LETTERER-SIWE DISEASE INVOLVING LYMPH OF LETTERER-SIWE DISEASE INVOLVING SPLEEN LETTERER-SIWE DISEASE UNSPECIFIED SITE LEUKEMIC RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS INVOLVING INTRA- ABDOMINAL LYMPH LEUKEMIC RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH LEUKEMIC RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH LEUKEMIC RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER ARM LEUKEMIC RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK LEUKEMIC RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS INVOLVING LYMPH OF LEUKEMIC RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS INVOLVING LYMPH OF LEUKEMIC RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS INVOLVING SPLEEN LEUKEMIC RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS UNSPECIFIED SITE MALIGNANT HISTIOCYTOSIS INVOLVING INTRA- ABDOMINAL LYMPH MALIGNANT HISTIOCYTOSIS INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH MALIGNANT HISTIOCYTOSIS INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH MALIGNANT HISTIOCYTOSIS INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB MALIGNANT HISTIOCYTOSIS INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK MALIGNANT HISTIOCYTOSIS INVOLVING LYMPH OF MALIGNANT HISTIOCYTOSIS INVOLVING LYMPH OF MALIGNANT HISTIOCYTOSIS INVOLVING SPLEEN MALIGNANT HISTIOCYTOSIS UNSPECIFIED SITE MALIGNANT MAST CELL TUMORS INVOLVING INTRA- ABDOMINAL LYMPH MALIGNANT MAST CELL TUMORS INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH MALIGNANT MAST CELL TUMORS INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH

9 MALIGNANT MAST CELL TUMORS INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB MALIGNANT MAST CELL TUMORS INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK MALIGNANT MAST CELL TUMORS INVOLVING LYMPH OF MALIGNANT MAST CELL TUMORS INVOLVING LYMPH OF MALIGNANT MAST CELL TUMORS INVOLVING SPLEEN MALIGNANT MAST CELL TUMORS UNSPECIFIED SITE MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA, INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA, INTRAPELVIC LYMPH MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA, INTRATHORACIC LYMPH MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF HEAD, FACE, AND NECK MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF INGUINAL REGION AND LOWER LIMB MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF MULTIPLE SITES MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA, SPLEEN MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA, INTRAABDOMINAL LYMPH MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA, INTRAPELVIC LYMPH MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF INGUINAL REGION AND LOWER LIMB MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF MULTIPLE SITES MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA, SPLEEN MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA,INTRATHORACIC LYMPH

10 MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA,LYMPH OF HEAD, FACE, AND NECK METHICILLIN RESISTANT PNEUMONIA DUE TO STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE PNEUMONIA DUE TO STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS MONOARTICULAR JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS MULTIPLE MYELOMA, IN RELAPSE MULTIPLE MYELOMA, WITHOUT MENTION OF HAVING ACHIEVED REMISSION MYALGIA AND MYOSITIS UNSPECIFIED MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES INVOLVING INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES INVOLVING LYMPH OF MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES INVOLVING LYMPH OF MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES INVOLVING SPLEEN MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES UNSPECIFIED SITE NEPHRITIS AND NEPHROPATHY NOT SPECIFIED AS ACUTE OR CHRONIC IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE NEPHRITIS AND NEPHROPATHY NOT SPECIFIED AS ACUTE OR CHRONIC WITH LESION OF MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS NEPHRITIS AND NEPHROPATHY NOT SPECIFIED AS ACUTE OR CHRONIC WITH LESION OF MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS NEPHRITIS AND NEPHROPATHY NOT SPECIFIED AS ACUTE OR CHRONIC WITH LESION OF PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS NEPHRITIS AND NEPHROPATHY NOT SPECIFIED AS ACUTE OR CHRONIC WITH LESION OF RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

11 583.6 NEPHRITIS AND NEPHROPATHY NOT SPECIFIED AS ACUTE OR CHRONIC WITH LESION OF RENAL CORTICAL NECROSIS NEPHRITIS AND NEPHROPATHY NOT SPECIFIED AS ACUTE OR CHRONIC WITH LESION OF RENAL MEDULLARY NECROSIS NEPHRITIS AND NEPHROPATHY NOT SPECIFIED AS ACUTE OR CHRONIC WITH UNSPECIFIED PATHOLOGICAL LESION IN KIDNEY NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE NEPHROTIC SYNDROME WITH LESION OF MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS NEPHROTIC SYNDROME WITH LESION OF MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS NEPHROTIC SYNDROME WITH LESION OF MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS NEPHROTIC SYNDROME WITH LESION OF PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS NEPHROTIC SYNDROME WITH UNSPECIFIED PATHOLOGICAL LESION IN KIDNEY NODULAR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH NODULAR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH NODULAR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH NODULAR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB NODULAR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK NODULAR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF NODULAR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF NODULAR LYMPHOMA INVOLVING SPLEEN NODULAR LYMPHOMA UNSPECIFIED SITE OSTEOPATHY RESULTING FROM POLIOMYELITIS INVOLVING ANKLE AND FOOT OSTEOPATHY RESULTING FROM POLIOMYELITIS INVOLVING FOREARM

12 OSTEOPATHY RESULTING FROM POLIOMYELITIS INVOLVING HAND OSTEOPATHY RESULTING FROM POLIOMYELITIS INVOLVING LOWER LEG OSTEOPATHY RESULTING FROM POLIOMYELITIS INVOLVING OSTEOPATHY RESULTING FROM POLIOMYELITIS INVOLVING OTHER SPECIFIED SITES OSTEOPATHY RESULTING FROM POLIOMYELITIS INVOLVING PELVIC REGION AND THIGH OSTEOPATHY RESULTING FROM POLIOMYELITIS INVOLVING SHOULDER REGION OSTEOPATHY RESULTING FROM POLIOMYELITIS INVOLVING UNSPECIFIED SITE OSTEOPATHY RESULTING FROM POLIOMYELITIS INVOLVING UPPER ARM OTHER ACUTE RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE OTHER CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WITH SPECIFIED PATHOLOGICAL LESION IN KIDNEY OTHER INFECTIONS INVOLVING ANKLE AND FOOT BONE IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE OTHER INFECTIONS INVOLVING BONE IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE SITE UNSPECIFIED OTHER INFECTIONS INVOLVING BONE OF IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE OTHER INFECTIONS INVOLVING BONE OF OTHER SPECIFIED SITES IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE OTHER INFECTIONS INVOLVING BONE OF PELVIC REGION AND THIGH IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE OTHER INFECTIONS INVOLVING BONE OF SHOULDER REGION IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE OTHER INFECTIONS INVOLVING FOREARM BONE IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE OTHER INFECTIONS INVOLVING HAND BONE IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE OTHER INFECTIONS INVOLVING LOWER LEG BONE IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE OTHER INFECTIONS INVOLVING UPPER ARM BONE IN DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS INVOLVING INTRA- ABDOMINAL LYMPH

13 OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS INVOLVING LYMPH OF OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS INVOLVING LYMPH OF OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS INVOLVING SPLEEN OTHER MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS UNSPECIFIED SITE OTHER NAMED VARIANTS OF LYMPHOSARCOMA AND RETICULOSARCOMA INVOLVING INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH OTHER NAMED VARIANTS OF LYMPHOSARCOMA AND RETICULOSARCOMA INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH OTHER NAMED VARIANTS OF LYMPHOSARCOMA AND RETICULOSARCOMA INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH OTHER NAMED VARIANTS OF LYMPHOSARCOMA AND RETICULOSARCOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB OTHER NAMED VARIANTS OF LYMPHOSARCOMA AND RETICULOSARCOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK OTHER NAMED VARIANTS OF LYMPHOSARCOMA AND RETICULOSARCOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF OTHER NAMED VARIANTS OF LYMPHOSARCOMA AND RETICULOSARCOMA INVOLVING LYMPH OF OTHER NAMED VARIANTS OF LYMPHOSARCOMA AND RETICULOSARCOMA INVOLVING SPLEEN OTHER NAMED VARIANTS OF LYMPHOSARCOMA AND RETICULOSARCOMA UNSPECIFIED SITE OTHER NEPHRITIS AND NEPHROPATHY NOT SPECIFIED AS ACUTE OR CHRONIC WITH SPECIFIED PATHOLOGICAL LESION IN KIDNEY

14 OTHER NEPHROTIC SYNDROME WITH SPECIFIED PATHOLOGICAL LESION IN KIDNEY OTHER RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WITH VISCERAL OR SYSTEMIC INVOLVEMENT OTHER SPECIFIED DIFFUSE DISEASES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE OTHER SPECIFIED INFLAMMATORY POLYARTHROPATHIES OTHER STAPHYLOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA OTHER ULCERATIVE COLITIS PAIN IN JOINT INVOLVING ANKLE AND FOOT PAIN IN JOINT INVOLVING FOREARM PAIN IN JOINT INVOLVING HAND PAIN IN JOINT INVOLVING LOWER LEG PAIN IN JOINT INVOLVING PELVIC REGION AND THIGH PAIN IN JOINT INVOLVING SHOULDER REGION PAIN IN JOINT INVOLVING UPPER ARM PAIN IN JOINT SITE UNSPECIFIED PAIN IN LIMB PAIN IN OR AROUND EYE PAUCIARTICULAR JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PERIOSTITIS WITHOUT OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING ANKLE AND FOOT PERIOSTITIS WITHOUT OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING FOREARM PERIOSTITIS WITHOUT OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING HAND PERIOSTITIS WITHOUT OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING LOWER LEG PERIOSTITIS WITHOUT OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING PERIOSTITIS WITHOUT OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING OTHER SPECIFIED SITES PERIOSTITIS WITHOUT OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING PELVIC REGION AND THIGH PERIOSTITIS WITHOUT OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING SHOULDER REGION PERIOSTITIS WITHOUT OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING UNSPECIFIED SITE PERIOSTITIS WITHOUT OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING UPPER ARM PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA, INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH

15 PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA, INTRAPELVIC LYMPH PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA, INTRATHORACIC LYMPH PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF HEAD, FACE, AND NECK PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA, SPLEEN PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES V10.72 PERSONAL HISTORY OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE 481 PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA [STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE PNEUMONIA] PNEUMONIA DUE TO ADENOVIRUS PNEUMONIA DUE TO ANAEROBES PNEUMONIA DUE TO CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIA DUE TO ESCHERICHIA COLI [E.COLI] PNEUMONIA DUE TO HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE (H. INFLUENZAE) PNEUMONIA DUE TO KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE PNEUMONIA DUE TO LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE PNEUMONIA DUE TO MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE PNEUMONIA DUE TO OTHER GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA PNEUMONIA DUE TO OTHER SPECIFIED BACTERIA PNEUMONIA DUE TO OTHER SPECIFIED ORGANISM PNEUMONIA DUE TO OTHER STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA DUE TO OTHER VIRUS NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED PNEUMONIA DUE TO PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS PNEUMONIA DUE TO PSEUDOMONAS PNEUMONIA DUE TO RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS PNEUMONIA DUE TO SARS-ASSOCIATED CORONAVIRUS PNEUMONIA DUE TO STAPHYLOCOCCUS UNSPECIFIED PNEUMONIA DUE TO STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A PNEUMONIA DUE TO STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP B PNEUMONIA DUE TO STREPTOCOCCUS UNSPECIFIED PNEUMONIA IN ANTHRAX

16 484.6 PNEUMONIA IN ASPERGILLOSIS PNEUMONIA IN CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION DISEASE PNEUMONIA IN OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE PNEUMONIA IN OTHER SYSTEMIC MYCOSES PNEUMONIA IN WHOOPING COUGH 486 PNEUMONIA ORGANISM UNSPECIFIED POLYARTERITIS NODOSA 725 POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA POLYMYOSITIS PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA, INTRA- ABDOMINAL LYMPH PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA, INTRAPELVIC LYMPH PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA, INTRATHORACIC LYMPH PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF HEAD, FACE, AND NECK PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA, LYMPH OF PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA, SPLEEN PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA, UNSPECIFIED SITE, EXTRANODAL AND SOLID ORGAN SITES PSEUDOPOLYPOSIS OF COLON PSORIATIC ARTHROPATHY REGIONAL ENTERITIS OF LARGE INTESTINE REGIONAL ENTERITIS OF SMALL INTESTINE REGIONAL ENTERITIS OF SMALL INTESTINE WITH LARGE INTESTINE REGIONAL ENTERITIS OF UNSPECIFIED SITE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS RHEUMATOID LUNG SEZARY'S DISEASE INVOLVING INTRA-ABDOMINAL LYMPH SEZARY'S DISEASE INVOLVING INTRAPELVIC LYMPH

17 SEZARY'S DISEASE INVOLVING INTRATHORACIC LYMPH SEZARY'S DISEASE INVOLVING LYMPH OF AXILLA AND UPPER LIMB SEZARY'S DISEASE INVOLVING LYMPH OF HEAD FACE AND NECK SEZARY'S DISEASE INVOLVING LYMPH OF SEZARY'S DISEASE INVOLVING LYMPH OF SEZARY'S DISEASE INVOLVING SPLEEN SEZARY'S DISEASE UNSPECIFIED SITE SICCA SYNDROME SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS ULCERATIVE (CHRONIC) ENTEROCOLITIS ULCERATIVE (CHRONIC) ILEOCOLITIS ULCERATIVE (CHRONIC) PROCTITIS ULCERATIVE (CHRONIC) PROCTOSIGMOIDITIS ULCERATIVE COLITIS UNSPECIFIED UNIVERSAL ULCERATIVE (CHRONIC) COLITIS UNSPECIFIED DIFFUSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE UNSPECIFIED DISEASE OF THE JAWS UNSPECIFIED INFECTION OF ANKLE AND FOOT BONE UNSPECIFIED INFECTION OF BONE IN UNSPECIFIED INFECTION OF BONE OF OTHER SPECIFIED SITES UNSPECIFIED INFECTION OF BONE OF PELVIC REGION AND THIGH UNSPECIFIED INFECTION OF BONE OF SHOULDER REGION UNSPECIFIED INFECTION OF BONE SITE UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED INFECTION OF FOREARM BONE UNSPECIFIED INFECTION OF HAND BONE UNSPECIFIED INFECTION OF LOWER LEG BONE UNSPECIFIED INFECTION OF UPPER ARM BONE UNSPECIFIED INFLAMMATORY POLYARTHROPATHY UNSPECIFIED OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING ANKLE AND FOOT UNSPECIFIED OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING FOREARM UNSPECIFIED OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING HAND

18 UNSPECIFIED OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING LOWER LEG UNSPECIFIED OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING MULTIPLE SITES UNSPECIFIED OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING OTHER SPECIFIED SITES UNSPECIFIED OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING PELVIC REGION AND THIGH UNSPECIFIED OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING SHOULDER REGION UNSPECIFIED OSTEOMYELITIS INVOLVING UPPER ARM UNSPECIFIED OSTEOMYELITIS SITE UNSPECIFIED VIRAL PNEUMONIA UNSPECIFIED

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