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R50.2

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Drug induced fever

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A fever that is caused by a medication or drug the patient is taking.

Coding Tips

  • •Always link this code with the specific drug causing the fever using the appropriate drug adverse effect code from the T36-T50 range
  • •Document which medication is responsible for the fever in the medical record

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • postvaccination (postimmunization) fever (R50.83)

Use Additional Code

  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Code Hierarchy

└R50Fever of other and unknown origin└R50.2Drug induced fever
└R50.2Drug induced fever

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