Is A30.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. A30.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does A30.5 sit in the tabular list?

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49).

What cannot be coded together with A30.5?

A30.5 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above A30.5 (A30) and apply to it just the same.

A30.5

A30.5 — Lepromatous leprosy

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A30.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for lepromatous leprosy. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

LL leprosy

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A30.5

These are not written on A30.5, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing A30.5 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on A30 — Leprosy [Hansen's disease]

sequelae of leprosy (B92)

Risk adjustment

A30.5 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.

Medicare coverage

A30.5 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies — 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
A56232Billing and Coding: Foot Care
A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A56680Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care

How A30.5 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 A30.5.

Leprosy›lepromatous(diffuse) (infiltrated) (macular) (neuritic) (nodular)
Leprosy›LL
Leprosy›nodular

Code history

A30.5 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share A30. If A30.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about A30.5

Is A30.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. A30.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does A30.5 sit in the tabular list?: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49).
What cannot be coded together with A30.5?: A30.5 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above A30.5 (A30) and apply to it just the same.