A31.8

A31.8: Other mycobacterial infections

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A31.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other mycobacterial infections. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check A31.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above A31.8

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on A31: Infection due to other mycobacteria

leprosy (A30.-)
tuberculosis (A15-A19)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

A31.8 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Lymphadenitis›mycobacterial
Mycobacterium, mycobacterial›chelonei
Mycobacterium, mycobacterial›extrapulmonary systemic
Mycobacterium, mycobacterial›fortuitum
Mycobacterium, mycobacterial›kakaferifu
Mycobacterium, mycobacterial›kasongo
Mycobacterium, mycobacterial›scrofulaceum
Mycobacterium, mycobacterial›simiae
Mycobacterium, mycobacterial›systemic, extrapulmonary
Mycobacterium, mycobacterial›szulgai
Mycobacterium, mycobacterial›terrae
Mycobacterium, mycobacterial›triviale

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.