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ICD-10-CM Code A56.0
Chlamydial infection of lower genitourinary tract

NON-BILLABLE
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-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code A56.0 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of A56.0 that describes the diagnosis 'chlamydial infection of lower genitourinary tract' in more detail.


The ICD code A56 is used to code Chlamydia infection

Chlamydia infection (from the Greek, χλαμύδα meaning "cloak") is a common sexually transmitted infection in humans caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. The term Chlamydia infection can also refer to infection caused by any species belonging to the bacterial family Chlamydiaceae. C. trachomatis is found only in humans. Chlamydia is a major infectious cause of human genital and eye disease. Chlamydia infection is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections worldwide; it is estimated that about 1 million individuals in the United States are infected with chlamydia.

Specialty: Infectious Disease, Gynecology, Urology
MeSH Codes: D002690, D002690
ICD 9 Codes: 994.1, 483.1

Pap smear showing C. trachomatis (H&E stain)

Source: Wikipedia

Related Concepts SNOMET-CT

  • Urethritis due to Chlamydia trachomatis (disorder)

Parent Code: A56 - Other sexually transmitted chlamydial diseases

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