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R50Fever of other and unknown origin

ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)

Code Details

BillableNo — use a more specific child code
ChapterChapter 18: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
SectionGeneral symptoms and signs (R50-R69)

Coding Notes

Excludes1 (never code both together)

  • chills without fever (R68.83)
  • febrile convulsions (R56.0-)
  • fever of unknown origin during labor (O75.2)
  • fever of unknown origin in newborn (P81.9)
  • hypothermia due to illness (R68.0)
  • malignant hyperthermia due to anesthesia (T88.3)
  • puerperal pyrexia NOS (O86.4)

Subcategories (3)

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