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ICD-10-CM Code A96.2
Lassa fever

BILLABLE
Billable Code
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

A96.2 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of lassa fever. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.


The ICD code A962 is used to code Lassa fever

Lassa fever or Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF) is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus and first described in 1969 in the town of Lassa, in Borno State, Nigeria. Lassa virus is a member of the Arenaviridae virus family. Similar to ebola, clinical cases of Lassa fever had been known for over a decade, but had not been connected with a viral pathogen.

Specialty: Infectious Disease
MeSH Code: D007835
ICD 9 Code: 788

Community education material for Lassa fever

Source: Wikipedia

MS-DRG Mapping

  • DRG Group #865-866 - Viral illness with MCC.
  • DRG Group #865-866 - Viral illness without MCC.

Related Concepts SNOMET-CT

  • Lassa fever (disorder)

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'A96.2 - Lassa fever'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code A96.2. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

Other specified diseases due to viruses (approximate match)

This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code A96.2 and a single ICD9 code, 078.89 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.


Parent Code: A96 - Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever

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