ICD-10-CM Codes
A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
A90-A99 Arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral hemorrhagic fevers
A98- Other viral hemorrhagic fevers, not elsewhere classified

2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A98

Other viral hemorrhagic fevers, not elsewhere classified

2016

2017

2018

Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

A98 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM A98 became effective on October 1, 2017.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A98 - other international versions of ICD-10 A98 may differ.

Type 1 Excludes

Type 1 Excludes Help

A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as A98. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

chikungunya hemorrhagic fever (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A92.0
Chikungunya virus disease
Applicable To
- Chikungunya (hemorrhagic) fever
A92.0
)
dengue hemorrhagic fever (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A91
Dengue hemorrhagic fever
A91
)

The following code(s) above A98 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 A98:

A00-B99
2018 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

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

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To A98

A95 Yellow fever

A95.0 Sylvatic yellow fever

A95.1 Urban yellow fever

A95.9 Yellow fever, unspecified

A96 Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever

A96.0 Junin hemorrhagic fever

A96.1 Machupo hemorrhagic fever

A96.2 Lassa fever

A96.8 Other arenaviral hemorrhagic fevers

A96.9 Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever, unspecified

A98 Other viral hemorrhagic fevers, not elsewhere classified

A98.0 Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

A98.1 Omsk hemorrhagic fever

A98.2 Kyasanur Forest disease

A98.3 Marburg virus disease

A98.4 Ebola virus disease

A98.5 Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

A98.8 Other specified viral hemorrhagic fevers

A99 Unspecified viral hemorrhagic fever

B00 Herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections

B00.0 Eczema herpeticum

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

2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A98

Other viral hemorrhagic fevers, not elsewhere classified

Chikungunya virus disease

Dengue hemorrhagic fever

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases