046.0 - Kuru
The ICD 9 Code for Kuru is listed as 046.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 046.0 |
| Long Description: | Kuru |
| Short Description: | Kuru |
| Chapter: | Infectious And Parasitic Diseases |
| Block: | Poliomyelitis And Other Non-Arthropod-Borne Viral Diseases Of Central Nervous System (045-049) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | A81.81 - Kuru |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 046.0: | |
| 046.2 - Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis | |
| 046.3 - Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy | |
| 046.8 - Other specified slow virus infection of central nervous system | |
| 046.9 - Unspecified slow virus infection of central nervous system | |