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{{DX tag | Fever NYD | FEVER NYD | 867-00 | '''Critical Care and Medicine''' | Currently Collected | |}}
{{DX tag | Other Medical | Medical Problem | FEVER NYD |867-00| No | 0 |CC & Med | Currently Collected | | | |}}
 
If a patient has a fever and it is unclear what the source is, then use this code. If a patient has negative cultures, and if the doctors are using septicemia as a diagnosis, then use fever NYD, not septicemiaSee [[Septicemia/Bacteremia/Fungemia]]
FEVER NYD is to be used for''' non infectious problems'''. If infection is the likely cause of the fever the patient should be coded [[Septicemia]]Gail Hall.
 
 
 
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Category/Organ
System:
Category: Other Medical (old)

Type:

Category: Medical Problem (old)

Main Diagnosis: FEVER NYD
Sub Diagnosis:
Diagnosis Code: 867-00
Comorbid Diagnosis: No
Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10): 0
Program: CC & Med
Status: Currently Collected


If a patient has a fever and it is unclear what the source is, then use this code. If a patient has negative cultures, and if the doctors are using septicemia as a diagnosis, then use fever NYD, not septicemia. See Septicemia/Bacteremia/Fungemia