ICD-10-CM Code R50.84

Valid for Submission

R50.84 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code R50.84 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like febrile transfusion reaction or febrile transfusion reaction without hemolysis.

According to ICD-10-CM guidelines this code should not to be used as a principal diagnosis code when a related definitive diagnosis has been established.

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code R50.84:

Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.

• FNHTR
• Posttransfusion fever

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code R50.84 are found in the index:

• - Complication (s) (from) (of)
  • - transfusion (blood) (lymphocytes) (plasma) - T80.92
    • - febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction - R50.84

• - Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) - R50.9
  • - posttransfusion - R50.84

• - FNHTR (febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction) - R50.84

• - Reaction - See Also: Disorder;
  • - febrile nonhemolytic transfusion (FNHTR) - R50.84

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Febrile transfusion reaction
• Febrile transfusion reaction without hemolysis

Convert R50.84 to ICD-9

• 780.66 - Feb nonhemo transf react

Code Classification

• Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
  • General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
    • Fever of other and unknown origin (R50)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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