R50.2
R50.2: Drug induced fever
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R50.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for drug induced fever. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R50.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- postvaccination (postimmunization) fever (R50.83)
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R50.2
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on R50: Fever of other and unknown origin
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R50.2 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56476Billing and Coding: Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging
- A56505Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
- A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Drug›induced fever
- Fever›drug induced
- Fever›iodide
- Fever›steroid
- Steroid›effects›fever
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.