1. ICD-10-CM Codes
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2. A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
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3. A20-A28 Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases
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4. A26- Erysipeloid
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5. 2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A26.0

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A26.0

Cutaneous erysipeloid

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code

• A26.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
• The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM A26.0 became effective on October 1, 2021.
• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A26.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 A26.0 may differ.

• A benign condition characterized by the development of irregular patches in the surface of the tongue resulting in a map-like appearance. The patches migrate from day to day and usually resolve without treatment.
• An idiopathic disorder characterized by the loss of filiform papillae leaving reddened areas of circinate macules bound by a white band. The lesions heal, then others erupt.

• 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 A26.0 to ICD-9-CM

• 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
• 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change

• Eruption
  • skin (nonspecific) R21
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R21

    Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption

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    Includes

    • rash NOS

    Type 1 Excludes

    • specified type of rash- code to condition
    • vesicular eruption (R23.8)
    • erysipeloid A26.0
• Erysipeloid A26.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A26.9

  Erysipeloid, unspecified

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  • cutaneous A26.0 (Rosenbach's)
• Erythema, erythematous (infectional) (inflammation) L53.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L53.9

  Erythematous condition, unspecified

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  Applicable To

  • Erythema NOS
  • Erythroderma NOS
  • migrans A26.0
• Rosenbach's erysipeloid A26.0

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