V71.6 - Observation Following Other Inflicted Injury

The ICD 9 Code for Observation following other inflicted injury is listed as V71.6.
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:	V71.6
Long Description:	Observation following other inflicted injury
Short Description:	Observ-inflicted inj NEC

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:	Victim of trauma with multiple injuries
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code:	Z04.8 - Encounter for examination and observation for other specified reasons (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of V71.6:
V71.1 - Observation for suspected malignant neoplasm
V71.2 - Observation for suspected tuberculosis
V71.3 - Observation following accident at work
V71.4 - Observation following other accident
V71.5 - Observation following alleged rape or seduction
V71.7 - Observation for suspected cardiovascular disease
V71.9 - Observation for unspecified suspected condition