079 Viral infection in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified site (079.0-079.99) ICD-9-CM
The 079.0-079.99 block classified 079 viral infection in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified site with 18 legacy diagnosis codes. None remain valid for claim submission; each code below links to its reference page with the official ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
Retired Code Set
ICD-9-CM stopped being valid for U.S. claims with dates of service on or after October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM replaced it. Use this index for historical lookups and crosswalking; for current coding, start from the ICD-10-CM codes list or the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter.
Legacy Codes in the 079.0-079.99 Block 18 codes
None of these codes remain valid for claim submission. Each code page shows its ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
- 079.0 Adenovirus infect NOS
- 079.1 Echo virus infect NOS
- 079.2 Coxsackie virus inf NOS
- 079.3 Rhinovirus infect NOS
- 079.4 Human papillomavirus
- 079.50 Retrovirus, unspecified
- 079.51 Htlv-1 infection oth dis
- 079.52 Htlv-ii infectn oth dis
- 079.53 Hiv-2 infection oth dis
- 079.59 Oth specfied retrovirus
- 079.6 Resprtry syncytial virus
- 079.81 Hantavirus infection
- 079.82 SARS assoc coronavirus
- 079.83 Parvovirus B19
- 079.88 Oth spcf chlamydial infc
- 079.89 Oth specf viral infectn
- 079.98 Chlamydial infection NOS
- 079.99 Viral infection NOS
Questions About This Page
Are the 079.0-079.99 codes still billable?
No. Every code in this block became invalid for U.S. claims after September 30, 2015. Each code page linked above shows the ICD-10-CM replacement CMS assigned in the General Equivalence Mappings, and the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter translates any of them directly.
What did the 079.0-079.99 block classify?
The block classified 079 viral infection in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified site with 18 codes in the final ICD-9-CM release. It sat under Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139) in the legacy hierarchy.
Related References
Source: final CMS ICD-9-CM release (version date October 1, 2014). Retired from U.S. claims after September 30, 2015.
