ICD-10-CM Section A20-A28
Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases
- A20 Plague NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE A20.0 Bubonic plague
- BILLABLE A20.1 Cellulocutaneous plague
- BILLABLE A20.2 Pneumonic plague
- BILLABLE A20.3 Plague meningitis
- BILLABLE A20.7 Septicemic plague
- BILLABLE A20.8 Other forms of plague
- BILLABLE A20.9 Plague, unspecified
- A21 Tularemia NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE A21.0 Ulceroglandular tularemia
- BILLABLE A21.1 Oculoglandular tularemia
- BILLABLE A21.2 Pulmonary tularemia
- BILLABLE A21.3 Gastrointestinal tularemia
- BILLABLE A21.7 Generalized tularemia
- BILLABLE A21.8 Other forms of tularemia
- BILLABLE A21.9 Tularemia, unspecified
- A22 Anthrax NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE A22.0 Cutaneous anthrax
- BILLABLE A22.1 Pulmonary anthrax
- BILLABLE A22.2 Gastrointestinal anthrax
- BILLABLE A22.7 Anthrax sepsis
- BILLABLE A22.8 Other forms of anthrax
- BILLABLE A22.9 Anthrax, unspecified
- A23 Brucellosis NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE A23.0 Brucellosis due to Brucella melitensis
- BILLABLE A23.1 Brucellosis due to Brucella abortus
- BILLABLE A23.2 Brucellosis due to Brucella suis
- BILLABLE A23.3 Brucellosis due to Brucella canis
- BILLABLE A23.8 Other brucellosis
- BILLABLE A23.9 Brucellosis, unspecified
- A24 Glanders and melioidosis NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE A24.0 Glanders
- BILLABLE A24.1 Acute and fulminating melioidosis
- BILLABLE A24.2 Subacute and chronic melioidosis
- BILLABLE A24.3 Other melioidosis
- BILLABLE A24.9 Melioidosis, unspecified
- A25 Rat-bite fevers NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE A25.0 Spirillosis
- BILLABLE A25.1 Streptobacillosis
- BILLABLE A25.9 Rat-bite fever, unspecified
- A26 Erysipeloid NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE A26.0 Cutaneous erysipeloid
- BILLABLE A26.7 Erysipelothrix sepsis
- BILLABLE A26.8 Other forms of erysipeloid
- BILLABLE A26.9 Erysipeloid, unspecified
- A27 Leptospirosis NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE A27.0 Leptospirosis icterohemorrhagica
- BILLABLE A27.9 Leptospirosis, unspecified
Coding Notes for Section A20-A28
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Section Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section. - Diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
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Additional Code Note:
Use Additional Code
Use Additional Code note means a second code must be used in conjunction with this code. Codes with this note are Etiology codes and must be followed by a Manifestation code or codes. - Code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs See code Z16.-
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Section Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
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Section Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease - instead, use code Z22.-
- Infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - instead, use code O98.-
- Infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period - instead, use Section P35-P39
- Influenza and other acute respiratory infections - instead, use Section J00-J22