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Rubella [German measles]
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B06.9
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B06.9
Rubella without complication
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- B06.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM B06.9 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of B06.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 B06.9 may differ.
The following code(s) above
B06.9 contain annotation back-references
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that may be applicable to
B06.9:
Approximate Synonyms
- Postpartum rubella (after childbirth)
- Rubella
- Rubella complicating puerperium
- Rubella in childbirth
- Rubella in pregnancy
Clinical Information
- A viral infection caused by the rubella virus. It is initially manifested with flu-like symptoms that last one or two days, followed by the development of a characteristic red rash which lasts from one to five days. The rash first appears in the neck and face. It subsequently spreads to the rest of the body.
- Acute infectious disease caused by the rubella virus and most often affecting children and nonimmune young adults, in which the virus enters the respiratory tract via droplet nuclei and spreads to the lymphatic system; usually benign; however transplacental infection of the fetus in the first trimester can cause death or severe developmental abnormalities (congenital rubella syndrome).
- An acute infectious disease caused by the rubella virus. The virus enters the respiratory tract via airborne droplet and spreads to the lymphatic system.
- Rubella is an illness with flu-like symptoms followed by a rash. Common symptoms include
- low-grade fever
- headache
- runny nose
- red eyes
- muscle or joint pain
rubella is usually mild. You may get it and not even know it. However, adults who get rubella often feel sicker than children do. The biggest danger of rubella is if a woman gets it during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. She may lose the baby, or the virus could cause problems to her unborn baby. Those problems could include cataracts, deafness or damage to the heart or brain.a virus causes rubella. It can spread from one person to another through the air or through close contact with someone who has it. There is no treatment for rubella, but the measles-mumps-rubella (mmr) vaccine can prevent it.
ICD-10-CM B06.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 865 Viral illness with mcc
- 866 Viral illness without mcc
Convert B06.9 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- Rash (toxic) R21
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R21
Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- specified type of rash- code to condition
- vesicular eruption (R23.8)
- rose R21
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R21
Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- specified type of rash- code to condition
- vesicular eruption (R23.8)
- Rose
- rash R21
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R21
Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- specified type of rash- code to condition
- vesicular eruption (R23.8)
- Rubella (German measles) B06.9
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To B06.9
B06 Rubella [German measles]
B06.0 Rubella with neurological complications
B06.00 Rubella with neurological complication, unspecified
B06.09 Other neurological complications of rubella
B06.8 Rubella with other complications
B06.89 Other rubella complications
B06.9
Rubella without complication
B07.9 Viral wart, unspecified
B08 Other viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions, not elsewhere classified
B08.0 Other orthopoxvirus infections
B08.01 Cowpox and vaccinia not from vaccine
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.