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A00-B99
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
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Other bacterial diseases
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Meningococcal infection
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2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A39.50
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A39.50
Meningococcal carditis, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
- A39.50 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 A39.50 became effective on October 1, 2019.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A39.50 - other international versions of ICD-10 A39.50 may differ.
The following code(s) above
A39.50 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
A39.50:
- 314 Other circulatory system diagnoses with mcc
- 315 Other circulatory system diagnoses with cc
- 316 Other circulatory system diagnoses without cc/mcc
- 791 Prematurity with major problems
- 793 Full term neonate with major problems
Convert A39.50 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
Code annotations containing back-references to A39.50:
- Carditis (acute) (bacterial) (chronic) (subacute) I51.89
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I51.89
Other ill-defined heart diseases
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Carditis (acute)(chronic)
- Pancarditis (acute)(chronic)
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- heart (organic) I51.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I51.9
Heart disease, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B99.9
Unspecified infectious disease
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
- meningococcal A39.9 - see also condition
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A39.9
Meningococcal infection, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Meningococcal disease NOS
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To A39.50
A38.1 Scarlet fever with myocarditis
A38.8 Scarlet fever with other complications
A38.9 Scarlet fever, uncomplicated
A39 Meningococcal infection
A39.0 Meningococcal meningitis
A39.1 Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
A39.2 Acute meningococcemia
A39.3 Chronic meningococcemia
A39.4 Meningococcemia, unspecified
A39.5 Meningococcal heart disease
A39.50
Meningococcal carditis, unspecified
A39.51 Meningococcal endocarditis
A39.52 Meningococcal myocarditis
A39.53 Meningococcal pericarditis
A39.8 Other meningococcal infections
A39.81 Meningococcal encephalitis
A39.82 Meningococcal retrobulbar neuritis
A39.83 Meningococcal arthritis
A39.84 Postmeningococcal arthritis
A39.89 Other meningococcal infections
A39.9 Meningococcal infection, unspecified
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
