B26.9

Applicable To

• Mumps NOS

• Mumps parotitis NOS

Approximate Synonyms

• Mumps

Clinical Information

• A contagious viral infection caused by the mumps virus. Symptoms include swollen and tender parotid glands, fever, muscle aches and fatigue. Due to vaccination programs, mumps has become a rare disease.

• Acute, inflammatory, contagious disease caused by rubulavirus and characterized by swelling of the salivary glands, especially the parotids, and sometimes of the pancreas, ovaries, or testes; spread by direct contact, airborne droplet nuclei, fomites contaminated by infectious saliva, and perhaps urine.

• An acute infectious disease caused by rubulavirus, spread by direct contact, airborne droplet nuclei, fomites contaminated by infectious saliva, and perhaps urine, and usually seen in children under the age of 15, although adults may also be affected. from Dorland, 28th ed)

• Mumps is an illness caused by the mumps virus. It starts with

Details

• B26.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM B26.9 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of B26.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 B26.9 may differ.