A48.2

A48.2: Nonpneumonic Legionnaires' disease [Pontiac fever]

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A48.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nonpneumonic legionnaires' disease [pontiac fever]. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check A48.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A48.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on A48: Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified

actinomycetoma (B47.1)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

A48.2 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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
A58747Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
A58761Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Fever›Pontiac
Legionellosis›nonpneumonic
Disease, diseased›legionnaires'›nonpneumonic
Infection, infected, infective›Legionella pneumophila›nonpneumonic
Legionnaires'›disease›nonpneumonic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.