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055.79 - Measles With Other Specified Complications


The ICD 9 Code for Measles with other specified complications is listed as 055.79.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 055.79
Long Description: Measles with other specified complications
Short Description: Measles complication NEC
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Viral Diseases Accompanied By Exanthem (050-059)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: B05.1 - Measles complicated by meningitis (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: B05.4 - Measles with intestinal complications (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: B05.89 - Other measles complications (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 055.79:
055.71 - Measles keratoconjunctivitis