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A38.8

A38.8: Scarlet fever with other complications

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A38.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for scarlet fever with other complications. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check A38.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above A38.8

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

Written on A38: Scarlet fever

  • streptococcal sore throat (J02.0)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Ulcerosa scarlatina
  • Albuminuria, albuminuric›scarlatinal
  • Convulsions›scarlatinal
  • Scarlatina›ulcerosa

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under A38

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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