ICD-10-CM Codes
A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
A20-A28 Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases
A22- Anthrax
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A22.8

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A22.8

Other forms of anthrax

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

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 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM A22.8 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A22.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 A22.8 may differ.

Applicable To

Anthrax meningitis

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:

A00-B99
2020 ICD-10-CM Range A00-B99
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Includes
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Type 1 Excludes
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Type 2 Excludes
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
Use Additional
- code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
A22
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A22
Anthrax
Includes
- infection due to Bacillus anthracis
Anthrax

Approximate Synonyms

Anthrax meningitis
Meningitis caused by bacillus anthracis

ICD-10-CM A22.8 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):

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
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to A22.8:

Anthrax A22.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A22.9
Anthrax, unspecified
- 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
Applicable To
Arachnoiditis (spinal) NOS
- in (due to)
  - anthrax A22.8

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 Anthrax

A22.0 Cutaneous anthrax

A22.1 Pulmonary anthrax

A22.2 Gastrointestinal anthrax

A22.7 Anthrax sepsis

A22.8 Other forms of anthrax

A22.9 Anthrax, unspecified

A23 Brucellosis

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

A23.8 Other brucellosis

A23.9 Brucellosis, unspecified

A24 Glanders and melioidosis

A24.0 Glanders

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A22.8

Other forms of anthrax

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

Anthrax

Anthrax, unspecified

Meningitis, unspecified