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R50.81 - Fever presenting with conditions classified elsewhere


The ICD 10 Code for Fever presenting with conditions classified elsewhere is listed as R50.81.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: R50.81
Description: Fever presenting with conditions classified elsewhere
  • Code first underlying condition when associated fever is present, such as with:
  • leukemia (C91-C95)
  • neutropenia (D70.-)
  • sickle-cell disease (D57.-)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
864 - Fever
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
Parent R50.8 - Other specified fever
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 780.61 - Fever presenting with conditions classified elsewhere
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R50.81:
R50.82 - Postprocedural fever
R50.83 - Postvaccination fever
R50.84 - Febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction