ICD-10 codes for Fever

The primary ICD-10-CM codes for fever are R50, R50.9, R50.2. Across all sub-categories, 8 codes are grouped under fever, with 6 marked as billable (specific enough for a medical claim).

There are 8 ICD-10-CM codes related to fever. Of these, 6 are billable specific codes and 2 are non-billable header categories that organize the specific codes underneath them. Header codes cannot be reported on a claim by themselves.

Yes. 6 of the 8 ICD-10-CM codes for fever are billable. Common examples include R50.2 (Drug induced fever); R50.81 (Fever presenting with conditions classified elsewhere); R50.82 (Postprocedural fever). Code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation.

The most commonly used billable codes for fever include: R50.2 (Drug induced fever); R50.81 (Fever presenting with conditions classified elsewhere); R50.82 (Postprocedural fever). The correct code depends on the documented clinical presentation, including any complications, episode (acute / chronic), and laterality where applicable. Always code to the highest level of specificity supported by the clinical documentation.

No, R50 (Fever of other and unknown origin) is a non-billable header code. You need to use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

The ICD-10 codes for fever map to at least 25 SNOMED CT concepts. Examples of SNOMED CT concept IDs in this group include 405543000, 409702008, 1187615007, 119751000146104, 1208726006. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records; AutoICD's coding API returns SNOMED CT IDs alongside each ICD-10 code via the include_snomed=true flag.

The ICD-10 codes for fever are linked to 15 UMLS CUIs in the National Library of Medicine's Metathesaurus. Sample CUIs include C2830447, C1320835, C2830449, C2349670, C2349671. UMLS CUIs unify the same concept across SNOMED CT, ICD-10, ICD-11, RxNorm, MeSH, and dozens of other source vocabularies.

Fever may also be referred to as: fever, pyrexia, elevated temperature, febrile illness. The same ICD-10-CM codes apply regardless of which term appears in the clinical documentation. Synonyms are surfaced by AutoICD's NER pass and mapped to the canonical ICD-10 family above.