Herpes zoster with unspecified complication (053.8)
ICD-9 code 053.8 for Herpes zoster with unspecified complication is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -VIRAL DISEASES ACCOMPANIED BY EXANTHEM (050-059).
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We have a patient who had shingles of the forehead and around the eye. Can I code both 053.29 and 053.9 for this patient? Or would you have to choose one over the other?
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