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A48.8

A48.8: Other specified bacterial diseases

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A48.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified bacterial diseases. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A48.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on A48: Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Dermatophilosis
  • Lepothrix
  • Rhinoscleroma
  • Scleroma nasi
  • Streptotrichosis
  • Trichosis axillaris
  • Trichomycosis›axillaris
  • Disease, diseased›bacterial›specified NEC
  • Infection, infected, infective›bacterial NOS›specified NEC
  • Meningitis›in›bacterial disease NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under A48

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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