Short description: Fam hx-cardiovas dis NEC. ICD-9-CM V17.49 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, V17.49 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015.
As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an approximate match to ICD-9 code V17.49:
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.