Billable Medical Code for Acidosis
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 276.2
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 276.2.
Known As
Metabloic acidosis is also known as acidosis metabolic, alcohol induced ketoacidosis, alcoholic ketoacidosis, ketoacidosis due to acute alcohol intoxication, ketoacidosis due to acute alcoholic intoxication, ketosis, lactic acidosis, metabolic acidosis, metabolic acidosis w increased anion gap, metabolic acidosis increased anion gap, metabolic acidosis increased anion gap (IAG), and respiratory acidosis.
Metabolic Acidosis Definition and Symptoms
Metabolic acidosis is when there is a disruption in the body’s normal acid/base balance. Symptoms include headache, lack of energy, sleepiness, shallow breathing, loss of appetite, coma, or death.