ICD-10-CM Code A37.8
Whooping cough due to other Bordetella species
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code A37.8 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of A37.8 that describes the diagnosis 'whooping cough due to other bordetella species' in more detail.
- A37.8 Whooping cough due to other Bordetella species NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code A378 is used to code Bordetella bronchiseptica
Bordetella bronchiseptica is a small, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Bordetella. It can cause infectious bronchitis in dogs and other animals, but rarely infects humans. Closely related to B. pertussis—the obligate human pathogen that causes pertussis (whooping cough); B. bronchiseptica can persist in the environment for extended periods.
| ICD 9 Code: | 338 |
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'A37.8 - Whooping cough due to other Bordetella species'
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Parent Code: A37 - Whooping cough