Table 1. Convoluted International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification Codes with Clinically Incorrect Mappings to International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification
ICD-9-CM CodeICD-9-CM Code Name
250.02*Type II diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent type) (NIDDM type) (adult-onset type) or unspecified type, uncontrolled, without mention of complication
625.9*Unspecified symptom associated with female genital organs
719.44*Joint pain—hand
V06.8Need for prophylactic vaccination and inoculation against other combinations of diseases
V70.2General psychiatric examination, other and unspecified
648.83Abnormal glucose tolerance of mother, antepartum
919.4Insect bite, nonvenomous, of other, multiple, and unspecified sites, without mention of infection
719.44Joint pain—hand
780.79Other malaise and fatigue
787.91Diarrhea
292.0Drug withdrawal
682.0Cellulitis and abscess of face
V07.31Need for prophylactic fluoride administration
789.09Abdominal pain, other specified site
  • * All International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes had two family medicine physicians agree the mapping was incorrect.

  • NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.