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Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
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Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases
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Anthrax
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2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A22.8
Other forms of anthrax
2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code
- A22.8 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM A22.8 became effective on October 1, 2017.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A22.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 A22.8 may differ.
The following code(s) above
A22.8 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
A22.8:
- Anthrax meningitis
- Meningitis caused by bacillus anthracis
ICD-10-CM A22.8 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v35.0):
- 867 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with mcc
- 868 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with cc
- 869 Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses without cc/mcc
Convert A22.8 to ICD-9-CM
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
- Anthrax A22.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A22.9
Anthrax, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code
- cerebral A22.8
- meningitis A22.8
- specified manifestation NEC A22.8
- Meningitis (basal) (basic) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetic) (toxic) G03.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G03.9
Meningitis, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Arachnoiditis (spinal) NOS
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To A22.8
A21.2 Pulmonary tularemia
A21.3 Gastrointestinal tularemia
A21.7 Generalized tularemia
A21.8 Other forms of tularemia
A21.9 Tularemia, unspecified
A22.2 Gastrointestinal anthrax
A22.8
Other forms of anthrax
A22.9 Anthrax, unspecified
A23.0 Brucellosis due to Brucella melitensis
A23.1 Brucellosis due to Brucella abortus
A23.2 Brucellosis due to Brucella suis
A23.3 Brucellosis due to Brucella canis
A23.9 Brucellosis, unspecified
A24 Glanders and melioidosis
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
