A37.00
A37.00: Whooping cough due to Bordetella pertussis without pneumonia
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A37.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for whooping cough due to bordetella pertussis without pneumonia. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A37.00 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Paroxysmal cough due to Bordetella pertussis without pneumonia
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A37.00 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
- A57224Billing and Coding: Respiratory Care
- 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
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Cough›paroxysmal, due to Bordetella pertussis(without pneumonia)
- Whooping cough›due to›Bordetella›pertussis
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.