A22.0
A22.0: Cutaneous anthrax
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A22.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for cutaneous anthrax. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A22.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Malignant carbuncle
- Malignant pustule
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Anthrax›cutaneous
- Carbuncle›malignant
- Furuncle›malignant
- Pustule›malignant
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.