V70.4 - Examination For Medicolegal Reasons

The ICD 9 Code for Examination for medicolegal reasons is listed as V70.4.
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:	V70.4
Long Description:	Examination for medicolegal reasons
Short Description:	Exam-medicolegal reasons

Chapter:	Supplementary Classification Of Factors Influencing Health Status And Contact With Health Services
Block:	Persons Without Reported Diagnosis Encountered During Examination And Investigation Of Individuals And Populations (V70-V82)
Related Descriptions:	Screening for drug of abuse in blood specimen positive
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code:	Z02.81 - Encounter for paternity testing (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code:	Z02.83 - Encounter for blood-alcohol and blood-drug test (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of V70.4:
V70.0 - Routine general medical examination at a health care facility
V70.1 - General psychiatric examination, requested by the authority
V70.2 - General psychiatric examination, other and unspecified
V70.3 - Other general medical examination for administrative purposes
V70.5 - Health examination of defined subpopulations
V70.6 - Health examination in population surveys
V70.7 - Examination of participant in clinical trial
V70.8 - Other specified general medical examinations
V70.9 - Unspecified general medical examination