V79.9 - Screening For Unspecified Mental Disorder And Developmental Handicap
The ICD 9 Code for Screening for unspecified mental disorder and developmental handicap is listed as V79.9.
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: | V79.9 |
| Long Description: | Screening for unspecified mental disorder and developmental handicap |
| Short Description: | Screen-mental dis NOS |
| 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) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | Z13.89 - Encounter for screening for other disorder (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of V79.9: | |
| V79.0 - Screening for depression | |
| V79.1 - Screening for alcoholism | |
| V79.2 - Special screening for intellectual disabilities | |
| V79.3 - Screening for developmental handicaps in early childhood | |
| V79.8 - Screening for other specified mental disorders and developmental handicaps | |