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079.59 - Other Specified Retrovirus


The ICD 9 Code for Other specified retrovirus is listed as 079.59.
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: 079.59
Long Description: Other specified retrovirus
Short Description: Oth specfied retrovirus
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Other Diseases Due To Viruses And Chlamydiae (070-079)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: B33.3 - Retrovirus infections, not elsewhere classified (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: B97.39 - Other retrovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 079.59:
079.50 - Retrovirus, unspecified
079.51 - Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus, type I [HTLV-I]
079.52 - Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus, type II [HTLV-II]
079.53 - Human immunodeficiency virus, type 2 [HIV-2]