AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1996 Fourth Quarter

Acute Bronchiolitis and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

Prior to October 1, 1996, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was coded to 079.89, Other specified viral infection. RSV is a common cause of winter outbreaks of acute respiratory disease, especially bronchiolitis in children. RSV is associated each year with an estimated 90,000 hospitalizations and 4,500 deaths from lower respiratory tract disease (bronchiolitis and/or pneumonia) in both infants and young children in the United States. Worldwide, RSV infections are a frequent cause of childhood deaths. A new code has been created to allow specific identification of this virus. Healthy older children and adults who contract RSV rarely...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS .


  • The official AHA publication for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding guidelines and advice
  • Current newsletters added each quarter
  • Full Archives - over 3100 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 1984 organized by year and issue
  • Includes ICD-10-CM/PCS Articles since 2013
  • Fully searchable through Find-A-Code's Comprehensive Search
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles
  • View all the articles associated with any code, right from the code page!
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • AHA's Coding Clinic® - ICD-10-CM/PCS +Archives

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.