A02.2
A02.2 — Localized salmonella infections
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A02.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for localized salmonella infections. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with A02.2
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A02.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A02.2 alone.
Risk adjustment
A02.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead A02.2
7 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A02. If A02.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about A02.2
- Is A02.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. A02.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does A02.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09).