070-079 Alberta AHCIP block: Other diseases due to viruses and chlamydiae
070-079 isn’t a code on its own. Choose one of the 55 codes beneath it, the one the documentation supports.
Official description
070-079Other diseases due to viruses and chlamydiae (070-079)
Alberta AHCIP diagnostic codes (ICD-9) · Alberta
Codes in 070-079
070-079 isn’t a code on its own. Open the code that matches what the note documents.
070Viral hepatitis071Rabies072Mumps073Ornithosis074Specific diseases due to coxsackie virus075Infectious mononucleosis076Trachoma077Other diseases of conjunctiva due to viruses and chlamydiae078Other diseases due to viruses and chlamydiae079Viral infection in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified siteNotes for 070-079
As Alberta Health prints them, with any note 070-079 takes from the headings above it.
Includes
- Diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissable as well as a few diseases of unknown but possibly infectious originFrom I. Infectious and parasitic diseases
Excludes
Conditions classified elsewhere.
- Cytomegalic inclusion virus hepatitis (078.5, 573.1)
- Acute respiratory infections (460 - 466)Influenza (487.-)Carrier or suspected carrier of infectious organism (V02.-)Certain localized infectionsFrom I. Infectious and parasitic diseases
Note
- Categories for "late effects" of infectious and parasitic diseases are to be found at 137.- to 139.-From I. Infectious and parasitic diseases
Where 070-079 sits
- 1ChapterI. Infectious and parasitic diseases
- 2Block 070-079Other diseases due to viruses and chlamydiae
Source and release
- Data release
- Alberta AHCIP · January 2018
- Effective date
- Jan 18, 2018
- Publisher
- Alberta Health
This page is built from the Alberta AHCIP catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Alberta Health’s January 2018 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
Is 070-079 a valid Alberta diagnostic code?
No. 070-079 (Other diseases due to viruses and chlamydiae) is a block heading in Alberta Health’s Alberta AHCIP January 2018 release. It holds 55 codes; record the one the documentation supports.
Where is 070-079 in Alberta AHCIP?
070-079 sits under I. Infectious and parasitic diseases.
What coding notes apply to 070-079?
Alberta AHCIP lists Excludes, Includes, Note notes for 070-079, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.
Which Alberta AHCIP release does this page use?
It uses Alberta Health’s January 2018 release, in effect from Jan 18, 2018. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.
Codes beside 070-079
001-009Intestinal infectious diseases010-018Tuberculosis020-027Zoonotic bacterial diseases030-041Other bacterial diseases042-044Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection045-049Poliomyelitis and other non-arthropod-borne viral diseases of central nervous system050-057Viral diseases accompanied by exanthem060-066Arthropod-borne viral diseases080-088Rickettsioses and other arthropod-borne diseases090-099Syphilis and other venereal diseases100-104Other spirochaetal diseases110-118Mycoses120-129Helminthiases130-136Other infectious and parasitic diseases137-139Late effects of infectious and parasitic diseases