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A00-B99
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
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A75-A79
Rickettsioses
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A79
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A79
Other rickettsioses
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- A79 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM A79 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A79 - other international versions of ICD-10 A79 may differ.
The following code(s) above
A79 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
A79:
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To A79
A77.1 Spotted fever due to Rickettsia conorii
A77.2 Spotted fever due to Rickettsia siberica
A77.3 Spotted fever due to Rickettsia australis
A77.41 …… chafeensis [E. chafeensis]
A77.8 Other spotted fevers
A77.9 Spotted fever, unspecified
A79
Other rickettsioses
A79.1 Rickettsialpox due to Rickettsia akari
A79.8 Other specified rickettsioses
A79.81 Rickettsiosis due to Ehrlichia sennetsu
A79.89 Other specified rickettsioses
A79.9 Rickettsiosis, unspecified
A80.0 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, vaccine-associated
A80.1 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, imported
A80.2 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, indigenous
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.