A39.8
A39.8 — Other meningococcal infections
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A39.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other meningococcal infections. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with A39.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A39.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A39.8 alone.
Risk adjustment
A39.8 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.
Code to one of these instead A39.8
5 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A39. If A39.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about A39.8
- Is A39.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. A39.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does A39.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49).