Is A02.23 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. A02.23 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does A02.23 sit in the tabular list?

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09).

A02.23

A02.23 — Salmonella arthritis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A02.23 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for salmonella arthritis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

A02.23 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

HCC 92 Bone/Joint/Muscle/Severe Soft Tissue Infections/Necrosis0.479 RAF

Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.

Medicare coverage

A02.23 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies — 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A58710Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
A58720Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
A58747Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
A58761Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing

How A02.23 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to A02.23.

Arthritis, arthritic›in›Salmonella(arizonae) (cholerae-suis) (enteritidis) (typhimurium)
Infection, infected, infective›Salmonella›localized›arthritis
Intoxication›foodborne›due to›Salmonella›with›localized infection›arthritis

Related codes at this level

Codes that share A02.2. If A02.23 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about A02.23

Is A02.23 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. A02.23 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does A02.23 sit in the tabular list?: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09).