090-099 Alberta AHCIP block: Syphilis and other venereal diseases

090-099 isn’t a code on its own. Choose one of the 61 codes beneath it, the one the documentation supports.

Official description

090-099

Syphilis and other venereal diseases (090-099)

Alberta AHCIP diagnostic codes (ICD-9) · Alberta

Codes in 090-099

090-099 isn’t a code on its own. Open the code that matches what the note documents.

Notes for 090-099

As Alberta Health prints them, with any note 090-099 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.

  • Nonvenereal endemic syphilis (104.0)Urogenital trichomoniasis (131.0)
  • 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 090-099 sits

  1. 1ChapterI. Infectious and parasitic diseases
  2. 2Block 090-099Syphilis and other venereal diseases

Source and release

Data release
Alberta AHCIP · January 2018
Effective date
Jan 18, 2018

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 090-099 a valid Alberta diagnostic code?

No. 090-099 (Syphilis and other venereal diseases) is a block heading in Alberta Health’s Alberta AHCIP January 2018 release. It holds 61 codes; record the one the documentation supports.

Where is 090-099 in Alberta AHCIP?

090-099 sits under I. Infectious and parasitic diseases.

What coding notes apply to 090-099?

Alberta AHCIP lists Excludes, Includes, Note notes for 090-099, 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.