ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes for common disorders in family practice

Family Practice Spec. ICD Codes

Much of the treatment scope associated with the specialty family practice revolves around prevention. In other words the family practice provider often sees individuals when they are not ill at all but need health care access to determine normal values and a general state of health for developmental purposes in children and sometimes for school or vocational reasons in adults. Family practice often sees multiple minor injuries as well. Family Practice can also manage as a primary care provider many chronic conditions or disorders with or without intervention of a specialist, such as diabetes mellitus types 1 and 2, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, heart diseases of various kinds and most minor infections. Below is a list of just a few diagnostic codes for some of these commonly seen disorders and/or cases seen in the family practice specialty.

Routine Physicals exams for Adults

Routine general medical examination at a health care facility V70.0

Wellchild Exams

Routine infant or child health check V20.2

Injuries such as sprains and strains of various body parts are often seen in the family practice specialty, and most often as a screen for needed additional treatment, like in the case of strains and sprains people often see a FPP to make sure the situation is acute and does not involve a break of bone or serious ligament or other tissue damage.

Sprains and strains of shoulder and upper arm 840

Sprains and strains of elbow and forearm 841

Sprains and strains of wrist and hand 842

Sprains and strains of hip and thigh 843

Sprains and strains of knee and leg 844

Sprains and strains of ankle and foot 845

Sprains and strains of sacroiliac region 846

Sprains and strains of other and unspecified parts of back 847

Diabetes mellitus type 1250.x1

Heart Disease, these are just two of the codes associated with the treatment fo heart disease, there are many more, the second example is likely to warrant referral to a specialist while the first is often documented after an acute problem.

Coronary atherosclerosis414.0

Congestive heart failure unspecified 428.0

Bacterial infections

Infection bacterial 041.9

Viral infections often in the form of upper respiratory infections and/or the common influenza.

Infection respiratory 519.8

Influenza 487.5

Fungal infections

Infection fungus NEC 117.9

Resources

Endres, Chris "Free online searchable ICD9 Codes," retrieved November 25, 2011 at http://icd9cm.chrisendres.com/

Taylor, R.B. (2002) Manual of family practice. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.