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R50.83

Billable

Postvaccination fever

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

What This Code Means

A fever that occurs as a normal reaction following a vaccination or immunization.

Coding Tips

  • •This is typically an expected and benign response to vaccination; document which vaccine was administered
  • •Use this code only when fever is directly attributable to the vaccine and not due to infection

Code Hierarchy

└R50Fever of other and unknown origin└R50.8Other specified fever└R50.83Postvaccination fever
└R50.83Postvaccination fever

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