A39.1
A39.1: Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A39.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A39.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Meningococcal hemorrhagic adrenalitis
- Meningococcic adrenal syndrome
Other codes that can never be billed with A39.1
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A39.1 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Friderichsen-Waterhouse syndrome or disease
- Waterhouse(-Friderichsen) syndrome or disease (meningococcal)
- Adrenalitis, adrenitis›meningococcal, hemorrhagic
- Apoplexia, apoplexy, apoplectic›adrenal
- Disease, diseased›Waterhouse-Friderichsen
- Meningococcus, meningococcal›adrenalitis, hemorrhagic
- Sepsis›adrenal hemorrhage syndrome(meningococcal)
- Syndrome›Friderichsen-Waterhouse
- Syndrome›septicemic adrenal hemorrhage
- Syndrome›Waterhouse(-Friderichsen)
- Infection, infected, infective›meningococcal›adrenals
- Syndrome›adrenal›hemorrhage(meningococcal)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.